Imperial Princess Yushi often held uta-awase (waka poem competition), organized a big cultural salon around her and was well-known as a person for whom female poets, such as Yushi Naishinno-ke no Kii (Kii, Lady-in-Waiting to Imperial Princess Yushi) and the daughter of SUGAWARA no Takasue, served for her.
祐子内親王は歌合を盛んに催すなど一大サロンを形成し、歌人の祐子内親王家紀伊や菅原孝標女などが仕えたことで知られる。