In the reign of Emperor Horikawa, he did splendid work as a leading tanka poet; he was associated with other contemporary poets, such as MINAMOTO no Toshiyori and FUJIWARA no Mototoshi.
堀河天皇朝において歌人として活躍し、源俊頼や藤原基俊といった同時代の歌人と親交があった。