He excelled at Waka (a form of traditional Japanese poetry) and en-route to the Bunroku Campaign front, at Musa in Omi no kuni (Omi Province) composed a famous traditional Japanese Waka poem recollecting his birthplace: 'Memories and people's thoughts are shaped by their hometown; which I view differently.'
また和歌にも秀でており、会津から文禄の役に参陣途上、近江国武佐にて故郷日野を偲んで詠んだ歌「思ひきや人の行方ぞ定めなき我が故郷をよそに見んとは」が有名。