While he left hardly any political achievements, it is widely known that he was rebuked by Kadono no Okimi for trying to say a word at a meeting to decide a successor to the deceased Takechi no Miko (Prince Takechi) ("Kaifuso" [Fond Recollections of Poetry]).
政治的な事績はほとんどないが、高市皇子没後の後継者選定会議で発言しようとして、葛野王に叱責された（『懐風藻』）ことは有名。