Although he was included in the "Chuko Sanjurokkasen" (thirty-six poets selected by FUJIWARA no Norikane), "Chuko Kasen Sanjuroku-nin Den" only recorded that 'it is written in 'Goshuishu Mokuroku' as his pseudonym is Ionushi,' and the details are not known.
中古三十六歌仙の一人に列せられるが、『中古歌仙三十六人伝』には「後拾遺集目録云、号廬主云云」（後拾遺集目録に云はく、廬主と号すと云々）としか記されておらず、詳細は未詳である。