He started as a Confucian scholar, but after he entered into the priesthood in 1687 he turned into a waka poet and studied under Sanenari SHIMIZUDANI of the Nijo school of poetry (Sanjonishi family). |
初め儒学者として活動したが、1687年(貞享4年)に出家したのを契機として歌人に転じ、二条派の清水谷実業(三条西家一門)に師事。 |