According to Act 5 of "Tales of Ise," the time when ARIWARA no Narihira and a niece of Nobuko, FUJIWARA no Takaiko fell in love in secrecy was when Takaiko lived in this residence and before she was sent to court to marry the emperor, so as Narihira could not enter the house from the main gate, it seems that he crept into the house from a the torn wall or a hole a kid kicked down and made (...as he could not enter the house from the gate, he sneaked in from part of a collapsed wall made by a child).
『伊勢物語』第五段によると在原業平と順子の姪である藤原高子が密かに恋に落ちたのは、高子が入内前、この邸にいた時で、門からは入れない業平は、子どもが踏みあけておいた塀の崩れから忍び込んだらしい（「…門よりもえ入らで、童べの踏みあけたる築地のくづれより通ひけり」）。