According to his obituary, he was 'mild-minded and endowed with literary talent' ("Nihonkoki" (Anthology of historical events collected by Imperial command, article from the twenty-seventh day of the eighth month in the twenty-fourth year of Enryaku (September 27, 805)).
卒伝には「人柄温潤にしてすごぶる文藻あり」と記されている（『日本後紀』延暦24年8月27日条）。