Moreover, though the time was uncertain, but there was an anecdote recording in Tona's "Seiasho" that, Tameie accompanied Tamenori in serving in the renga-kai (linked verse contest) held in Yoshida Izumi-dono Pavilion of Saion-ji Temple second residence, the sound of a waterfall was bothering that Tamenori used his wit to close the waterfall.
また、時期は不明であるが頓阿『井蛙抄』には、西園寺別邸の吉田泉殿で催された連歌会へ為家は為教を伴い伺候し、滝の音が耳障りであったところを為教が機転を効かせて滝を塞いだという逸話を記している。