He made many poems on local legends and personal affairs such as a poem about the Maiden Tekona in Mama in Shimousa Province (present-day Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture) and a poem about Unai otome (the Maiden Unai) from Ashinoya in Settsu Province (present-day Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture).
下総国真間（現在の千葉県市川市）の手児奈（てこな）の歌や、摂津国葦屋（現在の兵庫県芦屋市）の菟原処女（うないおとめ）の歌など、地方の伝説や人事を詠んだ歌が多い。