According to "Seiasho", it is said that the two brothers were not on good terms because of Japanese poetry, and the rivalry with the originator was succeeded also to the next generation of Tamekane period that established the Kyogoku school of poetry.
『井蛙集』によれば和歌に関して兄弟の仲には不和があったといわれ、宗家との対抗意識は京極派を確立する次代の為兼期にも引き継がれている。