He was a popular member of a significant group of expatriate Japanese artists working in London, including Urushibara Mokuchu, Ishibashi Kazunori, Hara Busho and Matsuyama Ryuson.The Japanese Community in Pre-War Britain: From Integration to Disintegration, Keiko Itoh, 2013, RoutledgeEdwardian London through Japanese Eyes: The Art and Writings of Yoshio Markino, 1897–1915, William Rodner, 2012, pp.7 He was and has been best known for his childlike whimsy and mannerisms which Hara Basho noted:
