According to "Eiga monogatari" (A Tale of Flowering Fortunes), FUJIWARA no Michinaga, Yorimichi's father, was pleased with his son's marriage with Takahime, whose parents were Imperial Family, saying 'The future of a man depends on his wife.'
『栄花物語』によれば、頼通の父藤原道長は、両親共に皇族の高貴な隆姫との縁談を「男は妻がらなり」と歓迎したという。