When Tadayoshi came near to being deprived of his position of Dainagon because of his long-term neglect of work at Court, he expressed his feelings by exchanging Japanese poems with his brother Motomichi, and "Kokon chomon ju" (A Collection of Tales Heard, Past and Present) includes this anecdote.
『古今著聞集』には、長期間ろくに出仕しなかったため危うく大納言の地位を剥奪されそうになり、その心境を和歌を通じて兄の基通と語り合う逸話が収録されている。