| He was also known as a talented calligrapher and a poet, like the original head of the successive family, as mentioned before, he taught the art of tanka poetry to Kazunomiya, he received an inheritance of the secret lore of 'Arisunogawa no Miya style calligraphy' from his father, Imperial Prince Takahito. |
また、書道・歌道も歴代当主同様名人とされており、前述の通り和宮の歌道指南をしたほか、父幟仁親王より「有栖川流書道」の奥義相伝を受けている。 |