He was also good at waka (=tanka; a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables) and his waka was chosen for "Senzai Wakashu" (7th imperial anthology) and "Shinchokusen Wakashu" (9th imperial anthology) and he left his diary "Komonki."
和歌にも通じていて『千載』『新勅撰集』などにも入集しており、また日記に『高門記』がある。