Sanekage was also a leading poet in the Emperor Reigen poetry circle, for he received a Kokin denju (the secret transmissions of the "Kokinshu," Anthology of Old and New Japanese Poems) from Reigenin and served as a grand master of Waka for Emperor Nakamikado and Emperor Sakuramachi.
また実陰は霊元天皇歌壇の代表的歌人でもあり、霊元院から古今伝授を受け、中御門天皇・桜町天皇の和歌の師範をも務めた。