He lived in honorable poverty like his master Mataki TSUMURA, but on the other hand he was highly praised by the masters in the same days, such as Roppeita KITA, Kanesuke NOGUCHI, Manaburo UMEWAKA, the first and Yoshimitsu KO.
師津村又喜と同様に一生清貧に甘んじたが、その一方で、同時代の喜多六平太、野口兼資、梅若万三郎(初世)、幸祥光といった名手からは高い評価を受けた。