Leaving behind a diary was considered, at the time, a requirement for court nobles as a means of leaving behind a reference to duties to be performed by court nobles and for the descendants who would carry on the family name; therefore, his father, Sukemichi, who was given a leisurely post, did not write a diary.
日記を残すことは当時の公家が政務を円滑に行い、子孫が家名を維持するためにも必要不可欠な行動であり、閑職に終わった父・資通は日記を残していない。