He accepted orders from court nobles, temples and shrines as well as samurai families; and as for temples and shrines it is known that he created the screen paintings of Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple in Osaka according to the historical record, but this no longer exists.
武家だけでなく、公家、寺社などからの注文にも応え、寺社関係では、大坂にあった石山本願寺の障壁画を元信が手掛けたことが記録から分かっているが、これは現存しない。