With respect to waka poetry, he positively acted as a waka poet who succeeded in writing waka poetry of the Rokujo family and twenty-five waka of his were adopted in eleven Chokusen wakashu (anthology of Japanese poetry compiled by Imperial command) and many of his waka were adopted in many collections of poems.
和歌の面では六条家歌学を継ぐ歌人として活躍して勅撰和歌集には11集25首が採録されている他、多くの歌集に採録されている。