One story left behind is that he was libidinous, and according to the "Konjaku monogatari" (Tales of Now and Then), upon hearing rumors of Kita no kata, the wife of uncle FUJIWARA no Kunitsune, and a granddaughter of ARIWARA no Narihira, he went to her house and, in between bouts of drinking, made her his wife.
好色でもあり、今昔物語では伯父の藤原国経の妻で、在原業平の孫娘である北の方の噂を聞き、彼の邸を訪れ、酒に酔った隙に彼女を自分の妻としてしまった逸話が残っている。