Although the difference in their ages was 43 years, a difference greater than that between a parent and child, Munesuke contacted Yorinaga, who was wonderfully gifted and had many enemies, as a person who was much older and more experienced than Yorinaga, Yorinaga gradually came to pay respect to Munesuke.
43歳と親子以上の年齢差があった二人であったが、才気に溢れて敵が多かった頼長に対して、宗輔は人生の先輩として接し、頼長も宗輔に対して敬意を払うようになっていった。