According to "Seiasho" volume 6, Teika said, 'Kanemune is a good poet who comes to a meeting in full dress and makes a poem as if he dealt with government affairs.'
『井蛙抄』六によれば、定家は「歌は兼宗大納言、束帯にて陣座に着て。公事をこなひたる様によむべし」と語ったと伝えられる。