Claim: Yoshimoto regarded himself primarily as a waka poet, having learned waka from Ton'a (A Japanese Buddhist poet) and renga from Gusai and Kyūsei.
Evidence: He regarded himself primarily as a waka poet; he authored several treatises on the subject. Yoshimoto learned waka from Ton'a and renga from Gusai and Kyūsei. A Japanese Buddhist poet, student of Nijō Tameyo.