There is no doubt that he was considered one of the top painters of the period--from that fact he was given the rank of Hokyo (rank or title originally given to men and women in the Buddhist order, which was later also granted to artists) in 1630, which, at the time, was extremely rare.
また、少なくとも寛永7年（1630年）には町の絵師としては異例の法橋の位が与えられていたことがわかっており、当時から一流の絵師とみなされていたことは疑いない。