『栄花物語』で「麗景殿の七宮ぞおかしう、御心掟など少ながらおはします」とあるように幼少から文雅に秀でた人物で、詩歌管弦を始め書道・陰陽道・医術にも通じていた。

As Eiga monogatari (Tale of Flowering Fortunes) described, 'as the seventh prince of Reikeiden, I have at least my mental preparation,' he excelled at bunga (composing poems and enjoyed learning) from the time he was a little boy and was familiar with poetry and also wind and string instruments, calligraphy, onyo do (the Way of Yin and Yang), and medical technique. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

また、『扶桑集』に収められた道真の漢詩の序文にも父・是善が芸閣（書斎）で門人に『後漢書』を講じたと詠んでおり、本来は書斎の山陰亭で講義が行われていたと考えられている。

As the preface in the Chinese poetry style composed by Michizane to "Fuso shu" (Chinese classics during the Heian period) described "my father Koreyoshi lectured on History of the Later Han Dynasty for his disciples in his Unkaku (study)," the lecture was considered to be originally given in the study Sanin-tei. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

安政5年（1858年）、、吉田松陰から「与山田生」（詩）「立志尚特異俗流與議難不思身後業且偸目前安百年一瞬耳君子勿素餐」と立志の目標が書かれた扇面を与えられる。

In 1858, he was given a fan on which written a song about how to find purpose in life, saying 'To Yamada' 'Don't be afraid to be different from others if you resolve something, Don't follow the public view, Don't think about the suffering after death, Learn that pleasure is fleeting, 100years is only a moment, Please don't waste your time.' by Shoin YOSHIDA. - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス