On the other hand, he is described as a good-looking man with generosity of showing careful attention to people such that Shokei (a high-ranking court noble) MINAMOTO no Toshikata, who visited Michitaka just before his death to pronounce an imperial edict, repeatedly mentioned Michitaka's splendid bearing afterwards.
その一方で、容貌が端正だった上に、人への気配りが行き届く気の広さを持ち、薨去直前に宣命を伝えに来た上卿源俊賢は、彼の優れた立ち居振る舞いを後々まで忘れずに口にかけたという。