While he was highly educated, he was also good at Chinese poetry and waka (a traditional Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables), and ten of his poems were chosen in Chokusen wakashu (anthology of Japanese poetry compiled by Imperial command) including "Goshui Wakashu" (4th imperial anthology).
高い学才の一方で、漢詩・和歌にも秀で『後拾遺和歌集』以下の勅撰和歌集にも10首入集している。