As he was a family head of the Sanjonishi family, he was known as a master of waka poetry, and it is also famous that he was an instructor of waka poetry of the Emperor Meiji as well as Kiminari NISHIYOTSUTSUJI (Governor of Osaka Prefecture). 三条西家の当主だけあって歌道の宗匠として知られ、西四辻公業(大坂府知事)とともに明治天皇の歌道師範としても有名である。 |