During the same period, OE no Masahira became the Owari no kuni no kami (Governor of adjoining Owari Province) and since the two of them exchanged letters upon moving to their assigned areas, it is believed that they became friends.
同時期には、大江匡衡が隣国の尾張国守となり、両者は赴任するにあたって書状を交わしており、親交があったと思われる。