After Muso Soseki (a Buddhist priest of the Rinzai Sect given the title of Kokushi (the preacher of an Emperor) seven times) died, he played a central role in the Muso School, together with his senior schoolmate, Shunoku Myoha.
夢窓疎石が没した後は、兄弟子である春屋妙葩とともに夢窓派の中心的な僧となった。