He had exchanges with poets such as Noin, Sagami (a waka poet), and Idewa no ben, and even had a daughter (Shoyu of the House of the Minister of the Left) with Gonojijyu.
能因や相模(歌人)、出羽弁といった歌人達と交流があり、江侍従との間には一女（左大臣家少輔）を儲けている。