He was known to be one of the Chuko Sanjurokkasen and had seventeen of his waka poems in Chokusen wakashu (anthology of Japanese poetry compiled by Imperial command) ("Kokin Wakashu" (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry), "Gosen Wakashu" (the second of the Imperial anthologies of classical Waka poetry), and "Shui Wakashu" (Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poems)).
中古三十六歌仙の一人として知られ、勅撰和歌集（『古今和歌集』、『後撰和歌集』、『拾遺和歌集』）に17首が入首している。