Particularly, Dokuryu, who came to Nagasaki in 1653, was a learned person and skillful calligrapher who had already achieved fame in his home country.
とりわけ承応2年（1653年）、長崎に渡来した独立(禅僧)は学識深く、書を巧みとし、本国にいたときから著名であった。