After the Jokyu War, he played an active role in the waka poetry world, and while keeping in touch with Retired Emperor Gotoba, who was in the exile in Oki Province, he took part in "Ento-utaawase" (literally, waka poetry contest in a remote island), an anthology of poems compiled by Retired Emperor Gotoba), and others.
承久の乱の後、京における歌界で活躍し、一方では隠岐国に配流となっていた後鳥羽天皇と連絡をとりながら遠島歌合などに参加している。