Although his biography is not so clear, the fact that he engaged in the construction of Soseki MUSO's monument and drew 'Hyonen-zu' (painting of catching Japanese catfish with bottle gourd) from 1384 to 1429 at the behest of Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA, 4th shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), is widely known and it is almost certain that he had a close relation with the Ashikaga Shogun family and was a monk of Shokoku-ji Temple.
伝記については不明な点が多いが、夢窓疎石の碑銘建立に参与したこと、応永年間（1384年-1429年）室町幕府4代将軍足利義持の命により「瓢鮎図（ひょうねんず）」を描いたことなどが知られ、足利将軍家と密接な関係を持ち、相国寺にいたことはほぼ確実である。