It is said that Genkyo was a big eater and drinker, consuming 1.8 liters each of rice, sake and rice cakes a day and easily polishing off 50 rice cakes in zoni (a kind of vegetable soup with rice cakes) served on New Year's Day.
その生活は、大飯食らいで大酒飲みで、一日に米1升、酒1升、餅1升を飲み食いしていたといい、正月の雑煮の餅は50くらいは訳もなかったと伝えられる。