He made many poems on local legends and personal affairs such as a poem about the Maiden Tekona in Mama in Shimousa Province (present-day Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture) and a poem about Unai otome (the Maiden Unai) from Ashinoya in Settsu Province (present-day Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture). 下総国真間(現在の千葉県市川市)の手児奈(てこな)の歌や、摂津国葦屋(現在の兵庫県芦屋市)の菟原処女(うないおとめ)の歌など、地方の伝説や人事を詠んだ歌が多い。 |