Along with his grandfather and father, Gyojin was a waka poet who succeeded the tradition of Nijo school and his waka poems were selected in chokusen wakashu (the anthology of Japanese poetry compiled by the Imperial order) such as Shingoshui Wakashu (New Later Collection of Gleanings of Japanese poetry).
祖父・父ともに二条派の家風を継ぐ歌人であり、尭尋も新後拾遺和歌集以下の勅撰和歌集に和歌が入集している。