When he first met Tamakazura, he harbored a crush on her and sent letters without knowing that she was his paternal half-sister, but he strongly wished to take an Imperial princess for his wife and eagerly wanted Onna san no miya to marry him.
玉鬘が現れた当初、異母姉妹と知らずに想いを寄せて文を贈ったこともあったが、妻に迎えるなら内親王をと強く望み、女三宮の降嫁を熱心に願った。