He was a progenitor for the revival of the Nijo group (who had practiced the "way of waka") and while still in his twenties, he was counted among the Four Heavenly Kings of Waka, along with Keiun, Joben, and Kenko YOSHIDA.
二条派（歌道）再興の祖とされ、20歳代で慶運・浄弁・吉田兼好とともに和歌四天王の一人とされた。