The valiant and lively personality seen in the Hogen and Heiji Wars disappeared, but how he acted in the Tenga no noriai incident suggests that he was in fact hiding his intense emotions.
保元・平治の乱での勇猛で生き生きとした姿は影を潜めるが、殿下乗合事件を見ると、激しい感情を心の底に隠していたと考えられる。