Yoshihisa was one of the disciples of a tea master, SEN no Sotan, who was in his later years, and had a friendship with tea masters such as Sohen YAMADA, who wrote "Chado benmosho" (a tea-ceremony manual).
茶道としての義央は、茶匠千宗旦の晩年の弟子の一人であり、『茶道便蒙抄』を著した茶人山田宗偏などとも親交を持っていた。