He was also known for having taken in Imperial Princess Kishi (Hiroko), a daughter of the Retired Emperor Gotoba and a Saigu (Imperial Princesses serving at the Ise-jingu Shrine), to his villa in Fukakusa.
また、斎宮であった後鳥羽上皇の皇女煕子内親王を深草の別邸で引き取ったことでも知られている。