He often contributed poems on events related to waka poetry during the reign of the Emperor Uda and the Emperor Daigo such as the 'Kanpyo no kisai no miya no uta-awase' (Poetry Contest Held by the Consort in the Kanpyo Era) and 'Oigawa gyoko waka' (the Waka from the Sovereign's Excursion to the Oi-gawa River), and was the next best poet after the compilers of 'Kokin Wakashu' (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry).
「寛平后宮歌合」や「大井川行幸和歌」など、宇多天皇朝から醍醐天皇朝にかけての和歌に関する行事に度々進詠し、「古今和歌集」の撰者らにつぐ歌人であった。