He was known as a calligrapher, especially in cursive script calligraphy, and wrote on shikishigata (colored-paper) on a folding screen for Daijoe (banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor) for Emperor Enyu, Emperor Kazan and Emperor Ichijo.
早くより能書で知られ草書の第一人者としての評価も高く、円融天皇、花山天皇、一条天皇の3天皇の大嘗会の屏風の色紙形の筆者としても活躍した。