He also excelled as poet and 14 of his waka poems are included in the collections of poems created at the order of the imperial family, such as "Goshui Wakashu" ("Later Gleanings of Japanese Poems", 4th Imperial Anthology).
歌人としても優れ、『後拾遺和歌集』以下の勅撰和歌集に14首の和歌が入集する。