Many of her poems were included in the imperial waka anthologies, notably the first appearance of the "Shui wakashu" (Collection of Poetic Gleanings), making her stand out both in quality and quantity from the crowd of poets even of successive generations, and is one of the pair of matchless jewels, Saio kajin (poet-priestesses), along with Imperial Princess Sai-in Shishi, who came after her.
初出の『拾遺和歌集』を始めとする勅撰集にも数多く入集しており、歴代の中でも質量共に際立っている点において、後の斎院式子内親王と並ぶ双璧として名高い斎王歌人である。