His painting style was 'kanga,' with ink painting based on the brushwork of Sung and Yuan in China, in contrast to the traditional Yamatoe of his contemporary, Mitsunobu TOSA.
その画風は、同時代人の土佐光信の伝統的な大和絵風とは対照的に、水墨を基調とし、中国宋・元の画法を元にした「漢画」であった。