It is said that he was closely associated with court nobles such as Tokio YAMASHINA and Tamemasa REIZE, and regularly took part in the renga-kai (gatherings of linked verse) and waka-kai (gatherings of waka poem) hosted by the Reizei family as a master of waka poem, and sometimes even served as the mentor. |
山科言緒・冷泉為将ら公家衆と親しく和歌の達人として下冷泉家主催の連歌会・和歌会の常連で指南役も務めたという。 |