From his childhood he studied waka under Kounin, his grand mother, Tamemoto KYOGOKU and Tamehide REIZEI and studied renga (linked verse) under Yoshimoto NIJO.
和歌は幼少時から祖母の香雲院や京極為基、冷泉為秀らに学び、連歌では二条良基らに学ぶ。