When the woman whom Sadamoto took to the appointed province as Mikawa no kami died, he was so overwhelmed by the sorrow that he kept holding her body in bed for a while, instead of burying her.
定基が三河守として任国に連れて行った女が亡くなった際、悲しみの余り、しばらく埋葬せずに、女の亡骸を抱いて臥していた。