However, he is said to have been hostile against his older brother, and in a diary by Imperial Prince Fushiminomiya Sadafusa ('Kanmon Nikki'), there is recorded a rumor that after he received one of Emperor Shoko's favorite sheep, and killed it.
しかし、兄とは仲が良くなかったようで、伏見宮貞成親王の日記（「看聞日記」）には、称光天皇のかわいがっていたヒツジを譲り受けた上で、殺してしまったとの伝聞も記されている。