He also held a high reputation as a poet, performed his poetry in 'Nihongi Kyoen Waka' (The Poems at the Completion Banquet for the Lectures on "Nihon Shoki") and 'Uda hoo kasuga gyoko meisyo waka' (poems at Cloistered Emperor Uda's visit to famous place), and served as a judge in 'Kyogoku no Miyasundokoro utaawase' (poetry contest of KYOGOKU no Miyasundokoro).
また歌人としての名声も高く、に開催された「日本紀竟宴和歌」や、の「宇多法皇春日行幸名所和歌」などに出詠するとともに、同じくの「京極御息所歌合」では判者を務めた。