Career
Under Emperor Daigo and Emperor Suzaku he was an official in the imperial treasury. Kintada"s poems are included in imperial poetry anthologies from the Goshūi Wakashū onward. A personal collection known as the Kintadashū also remains.
The Great Mirror and Yamato Monogatari preserve anecdotes about him, and he excelled in falconry and kōdō, in addition to poetry.