Yorisada was called 'Miya no chujo' and 'Minamoto no chujo' in "Makura no soshi (The Pillow Book)," and was presented as the representative of the 'handsome nobles.'
頼定は『枕草子』では「宮の中将」「源中将」と呼ばれ、「かたちよき公達」の代表に挙げられる。