He gained a reputation through his participation in "Joryaku ninen dairi no utaawase" (Poem contest in the Palace of the second year of Joryaku era)" in 1078, "Horikawa hyakushu (One hundred poems in the reign of the Emperor Horikawa)" in 1093, "Ikuhomon-in neawase (Poem contest held by Ikuhomon-in, the second consort of the Emperor Horikawa)", "Horikawa-in enshoawase (Love poem contest held by the Emperor Horikawa)" and "Tobadono hokumen utaawase (Hokumen poem contest in the Toba Palace)."
承暦2年（1078年）の『承暦二年内裏歌合』、寛治7年（1093年）の『堀河百首』、『郁芳門院根合』、『堀河院艶書合』、『鳥羽殿北面歌合』などに出詠して名声を博した。