He learned Kagaku (Uta Poem Study) from Tamemura REIZEI and was counted as one of the four best Waka poets of the Heian period with Roan OZAWA, Chogetsu and Kokei BAN.
歌学を冷泉為村に学び、小沢蘆庵・澄月・伴蒿蹊とともに平安和歌四天王の一人に数えられた。