He also worked on cultural activities such as waka (traditional Japanese poems), and his poems were collected in "Senzai Wakashu" (Collection of Japanese Poems of a Thousand Years), and he was said to have a friendship with FUJIWARA no Sadaie.
和歌などの文化的活動も行い、『千載和歌集』にも歌が収録されており、藤原定家とも親交があったとされる。