It is said that Motozane KONOE and Motomichi KONOE, a father and a son, were on extremely bad terms with Kanezane KUJYO, and they are depicted as being "incompetent" by Jien, Kanezane's younger brother, who ascended to Tendaizasu (the head of Tendai sect) (and was close to Kanezane), in his history book, "Gukansho."
近衛基実・基通親子と基実の弟である九条兼実の関係は大変悪かったらしく、兼実の同母弟である天台座主慈円（兼実と親しかった）が著した歴史書『愚管抄』では基実親子を「無能な人物」であるとしている。