 He was 71 (by Japanese reckoning).The first "uta-awase" contest in which he took part was the "Sakon no Gon-Chūjō Toshitada Ason-ke Uta-awase" (左近権中将俊忠朝臣家歌合) in Chōji 1 (1104).He took part in the following poetic gatherings