Actively involved in many genres of creative activities, such as the writing of haiku, tanka, shintaishi (poems in the new style), novels, critiques, and essays, he had a considerable influence on modern Japanese literature and is considered to be one of the foremost writers of the Meiji Era.
俳句・短歌・新体詩・小説・評論・随筆など多方面に渡り創作活動を行い、日本の近代文学に多大な影響を及ぼした、明治時代を代表する文学者の一人である。