"Sarugaku dangi" (Section 3) has a description that Motomasa had a conflict of opinion with his father over the stage direction of 'Noh Sumida-gawa River' written by Motomasa.
『申楽談儀』（第3段）には、元雅作の「隅田川(能)」の演出をめぐって父と意見の対立があったことが記されている。