He advocated returning to the styles of the Manyoshu and composing tanka through portrayal, and started the Negishi Tanka Society, where new poets such as Sachio ITO and Takashi NAGATSUKA emerged from.
万葉への回帰と写生による短歌を提唱して根岸短歌会を起こし、伊藤左千夫・長塚節らを育てた。