However, he had also been notorious for his itch for women; having intrigues even with married women and ladies serving in the Imperial Court; he was alleged to be the 'No. 1 rake among court nobles.'
が、かねてから女癖の悪さにも定評があり、人妻や宮廷に仕える女官にも手を出し「公家衆乱行随一」と称されていた。