He was an expert in the field concerned and had considerable effect on Kanami and Zeami, the father and son who started with surrogacy (a form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries) and established Noh.
当時を代表する名人であり、猿楽から出て能を大成した観阿弥・世阿弥父子に大きな影響を与えた。