| 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。 |