He actively participated as a poet in 'Naidaijin Tadamichi Uta-awase' (poetry contest hosted by Minister of the Center, FUJIWARA no Tadamichi) on November 23, 1118 and had eleven poems in imperial anthologies of poetry in Japanese after "Kinyo Wakashu" (Kinyo (Golden Leaves) Collection of Japanese poems).
元永元年（1118年）10月2日の「内大臣忠通歌合」などに参加するなど歌人として活発に活動していたらしく、『金葉和歌集』以下の勅撰和歌集に11首入集している。