Not only did he show an outstanding talent for Chinese prose and poetry, but he was also such a gifted waka poet that in 960 he contributed a poem to the Tentoku Dairi Uta-awase (Imperial Palace Poetry Contest of the Tentoku era) and served as a judge at various poetry contests.
漢詩文に優れた才能を見せる一方で、天徳(日本)四年（960年）の天徳内裏歌合にも出詠しており、様々な歌合で判者（審判）を務めるなど和歌にも才能を発揮した。