In addition to koto (Japanese traditional zither), biwa (a Japanese lute), and sho (a traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes), she was good at waka, renga (linked verse), and haikai (or haiku), and is said to have mastered calligraphy, the tea ceremony, the incense ceremony, flower arrangement, kaiawase (a Heian period game which involved pairing the two parts of clamshells), the game of Go, and sugoroku (a Japanese backgammon).
和歌、連歌、俳諧に優れていて、琴、琵琶、笙が巧みであり、さらに書道、茶道、香道、華道、貝合わせ、囲碁、双六を極めたという。