According to "Insei-ki Shakai no Kenkyu" (study on the period of rule by the retired emperors) by Fumihiko GOMI, "Shihon-urin"(四品羽林) recorded that Tamemichi had a homosexual relationship with FUJIWARA no Yorinaga in 1142, and the person with whom Michinaga had a sex on a New Year's day of 1147 was said to be Tamemichi.
五味文彦『院政期社会の研究』によると、康治元年（1142年）に藤原頼長と男色関係にあったと記される「四品羽林」、また久安3年（1147年）正月に情交を持っているのが為通だとされる。