He was also fond of cultural activities such as waka and renga (linked poem), flower arrangement, tea ceremony and traditional incense-smelling ceremony, was a patron of Omi Sarugaku (a precursor to Noh), and was also himself regarded as being a highly educated and cultured person, owing to activities such as his engaging in negotiations on behalf of the bakufu with the court nobles in relation to political affairs.
また和歌、連歌などの文芸や華道、茶道、香道、さらに近江猿楽の保護者となるなど文化的活動を好み、幕政においても公家との交渉を務めていることなどから文化的素養を持った人物であると考えられている。