He composed new and original waka poems using novel themes and archaic words from the 'Manyoshu' (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), which were re-evaluated by the innovative poets of the late Heian period.
新奇な題材や「万葉集」の古語を用いて斬新な和歌を読み、平安時代後期の革新歌人から再評価された。