He received various kuden (oral instruction) concerning the study of waka poetry from Gyoko, who was a waka poet of Nijo school and resided at Ninna-ji Temple Joko-in, and wrote an annotated edition concerning the study of waka poetry.
二条派の歌人で仁和寺常光院に住した尭孝に師事して歌道に関する諸々の口伝を受け、歌道に関する注釈書を著している。