He perfected Edo Nanga (a school of painting originating in China), and he, as well as Okyo MARUYAMA and Tanyu KANO, are regarded as the three major painters of the Tokugawa period because of his achievement.
江戸南画の大成者であり、その画業は上方の円山応挙、狩野探幽とともに「徳川時代の三大家」に数えられる。