He was excellent in painting and linked verse, and an expert in ancient court and military practices, so he held an important position in the Muromachi shogunate, but he became confronted with the eighth shogun Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, and he ran away to Ise Province.
画、連歌にも優れた有職家で、室町幕府で要職を務めたが、8代将軍足利義政と対立関係に陥り、伊勢国に出奔した。