In the poetic style of his family the evoking of true emotions was very highly prized, leading him to compose waka that expressed a delicate yet sensuous quality; this new style breathed life into the stagnated waka circles of late Kamakura-period Japan.
家風は実感を尊び、繊細で感覚的な表現による歌を詠み、沈滞していた鎌倉時代末期の歌壇に新風を吹き込んだ。