He has been known as a lechery man of refined taste who left anecdotes in "Yamato Monogatari (Tales of Yamato) and "Konjaku Monogatari (Shu) " (The Tale of Times Now Past), among which an affair with FUJIWARA no Hoshi, the consort of Emperor Uda, is well-known.
色好みの風流人として知られ大和物語や今昔物語集に逸話が残るが、とくに宇多天皇の妃藤原褒子との恋愛が知られる。