He quickly developed a talent for poetry; and his poems "Choumonshunsou", which he wrote at 13, and "Shunishukka", which he wrote at 15 years of age, were praised throughout Kyoto.
早くから詩才に優れ、13歳の時に作った漢詩「長門春草」、15歳の時に作った漢詩「春衣宿花」は洛中の評判となり賞賛された。