He was not only a strategist and tactician but also a man of culture who interacted with court nobles because he was acquainted with waka (Japanese poetry), had good handwriting and received instruction in esoteric points of waka from Taneie KONOE.
戦略家・戦術家としてだけではなく、和歌に通じ、達筆でもあり、近衛稙家から和歌の奥義を伝授されるなど、公家との交流も深い文化人でもあった。