In the tea ceremony community, he is famous as a chajin who founded the Sohen school, but in general, he is known as the person who instructed people on the date of the tea ceremony at Kira's residence to Gengo OTAKA during an occasion known as Genroku Ako Incident (the Chusingura incident).
宗偏流茶道を興した茶人として茶道界でも高名だが、一般には元禄赤穂事件（忠臣蔵事件）の際に大高源五に吉良邸茶会の日を教えた人物として有名。