He is so well-known as a warrior that there are not so many episodes of him as a master of tea ceremony, but judging from the gardens he made on the premises of Tokushima-jo Castle and Nagoya-jo Castle, and from the excellent hand-made tea utensils including bamboo tea scoops and tea bowls, it seems that he was good at both the literary and military arts.
武人としてあまりに高名であるために、茶人としての逸話はあまり伝えられていないが、徳島城、名古屋城などの作庭や、茶杓、茶碗など手作りの茶器に逸品が多く文武両芸に秀でた人であったと考えられる。