Masamura was an educated person who was familiar with waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables), ceremonies and rituals; he was adored by court nobles in Kyoto, being called 'old retainer of the East,' and they grieved over his death.
和歌・典礼に精通した教養人であり、京都の公家衆からも「東方の遺老」と敬愛され、その死を惜しまれた。