He excelled in prose and poetry, edited 'Honcho monzui' (Anthology of waka poems and prose written in classical Chinese) and 'Honcho shuku' (Exemplary Lines by Japanese Poets) and wrote 'Shinsarugoki' (a kind of textbook about manners and cultures of Kyoto in the Heian period), 'Meigo Orai' (Meigo's Correspondence) and so on.
詩文に秀で「本朝文粋（ほんちょうもんずい）」「本朝秀句」を編修し、「新猿楽記」「明衡往来」などを著している。