A mysterious phenomenon frequently occurred when Takaakira was in Toen of his residence; from a knothole in a pillar of the Imperial residence there frequently appeared the hand of a child, beckoning him.
高明が桃園の邸宅に居たとき、寝殿の柱の節穴から毎夜、少児の手が出てしきりに差し招く怪異が起きた。