He regretted that she got married to Higekuro right before she served as Naishi no tsukasa (female palace attendants), so after his retirement, he took a daughter of Tamakazura as his wife and favored her. ('Takekawa' (Bamboo River))
彼女が内侍司として出仕する直前に髭黒の妻となったことを惜しんで、譲位後に玉鬘の娘を妃に迎え寵愛した（「竹河」）。