He studied under MINAMOTO no Shitago and excelled in writing, Chinese poetry, and waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables), while his Zuryomoshibumi (document to ask for a transfer to regional officer) is on "Honcho monzui" (Anthology of waka poems and prose written in classical Chinese) and his poems are on "Honcho reiso," "Ruiju kudaisho" (anthology of Chinese poetry), "Shui Wakashu" (Collection of Gleanings of Japanese Poems), and so on.
源順（みなもとのしたごう）に師事し、文章・漢詩・和歌に秀で、『本朝文粋』に受領申文を載せ、『本朝麗藻』『類聚句題抄』『拾遺和歌集』などに漢詩や和歌などの作品を残している。