Tadataka kept a close relation with the court nobles who had also been his relatives, and spent a lot of time becoming intimate with a book on poetry entitled "Gumonkenchu"(Answer and question about poetry), Noh, Utai (the chanting of a Noh text), Chanoyu (the tea ceremony) and so forth in Kyoto.
忠隆は親戚にも当たる公家衆と親しく、その京都で和歌書『愚問賢注』や能謠、茶の湯などに親しんでいる。