As he excelled in Yamato-e painting (traditional Japanese-style painting), including Buddhist painting, he was described as Eajari no kimi (Ajari who excels in painting) in "Okagami" (a history book compiled in the Heian period).
仏画を中心とした大和絵に優れ、「大鏡」の中では絵阿闍梨の君と記されている。