It is said that he created a garden modeled on a view of Shiogama City in Mutsu Province during the building of Kawaranoin Temple (present-day Shoseien gardens) and, was the inspiration for "Toru," a traditional Japanese Noh play written by Zeami.
陸奥国塩竈市の風景を模して作庭した河原院（現在の渉成園）を造営したといい、世阿弥作の能『融』の元となった。