According to the "Imakagami" (The Mirror of the Present), there is an anecdote that Takamitsu once had had a pocket paper folded in the shape of a shaku (a wooden mace) instead of the real mace, which he was to hold in his hand when wearing sokutai (traditional ceremonial court dress).
『今鏡』によると、束帯着用の際持つことになっている笏の代わりに、高光は懐紙を笏の形に畳んだものを持っていたことがある、との逸話が語られている。