It is said that MINAMOTO no Yoritomo found out that Yoshitoki had sent love letters to Hime no mae, a court lady who waited on Okura gosho (a daughter of Tomomune HIKI), and consequently let Yoshitoki marry Hime no mae.
比企朝宗の娘である大倉御所の官女・姫の前に恋文を送っていたのが源頼朝に知られて、頼朝が二人を結婚させたという。