While young, Hisashige already exercised his talent in invention, and showed new devices of popular string puppets one after another in festivals of Gokoku-jinja Shrine in Kurume (Torihoka Town, Kurume City), which earned him enormous popularity.
幼い頃から才能を発揮し、久留米・五穀神社（久留米市通外町）の祭礼では、当時流行していたからくり人形の新しい仕掛けを次々と考案して大評判を呼ぶ。