He wrote "Shaku Nihongi" based on views inherited by the family which had been handed down from generation to generation in the Urabe family (Hirano-sha branch) including his father Kanebumi and various annotated editions of the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) since Nara period and gave a great influence to Yoshida Shintoism.
父兼文ら平野社系卜部氏に代々伝わる家説と奈良時代以降の数々の『日本書紀』注釈を基に『釈日本紀』を著し、後に吉田神道に大きな影響を与えた。