He learned Waka poetry from son and father of Reizei family, Tamemitsu and Tameyori and Choshoshi KINOSHITA, and was a man of literature who absorbed the works of FUJIWARA no Teika.
冷泉為満・為頼父子、木下長嘯子に和歌を学び、藤原定家風の書を身につける文人でもあった。