Starting with the Kunizane-kyo ke uta-awase (poetry contest sponsored by the State Counsellor and Middle Captain Kunizane) in 1100, he contributed poems to poetry contests such as the Naidaijin FUJIWARA no Tadamichi ke uta-awase (poetry contests sponsored by the Minister of the Palace FUJIWARA no Tadamichi) in 1115, 1118, and in 1119, and played a major role in Tadamichi's poetry circle, which was subordinate to the Emperor Horikawa's poetry circle.
康和2年（1100年）の国信卿家歌合以下、永久(元号)3年（1115年）、元永元年（1118年）、同2年（1119年）の内大臣藤原忠通家歌合などに出詠しており、堀河天皇歌壇の下部集団である忠通家歌壇で活躍した。