He excelled in Waka and was assigned as Betto (chief officer) of Senwakadokoro (imperial poetry bureau) located in Nashitsubo (normally the palace residence which is used by an imperial Consort, but is cleared out for use of poem selection) in 951, and was deeply involved in editing "Gosen Wakashu" (Later selected collection of Japanese poetry).
和歌に優れ、天暦5年（951年）、梨壺に設けられた撰和歌所の別当に任ぜられ、『後撰和歌集』の編纂に深く関与した。