He seems to have been easily provoked to laughter; an anecdote remains in "Okagami"(the Great Mirror) tells that, when a recorder farted, he could not help bursting into laughter and was unable to continue working.
笑い上戸だったらしく、大鏡には仕事の途中、史の放屁に思わず爆笑してしまい、仕事に手が付かなくなった逸話が残っている。