Judging from the fact that mistakes in the characters and phonetic equivalents are scattered throughout, and that abusive languages and words of happiness and elation are used candidly Michinaga's easygoing and impulsive character can be seen very well.
誤字・当て字が随所に散らばり、罵言も喜悦の言葉も素直に記してある所を見れば、大らかで直情径行な道長の気性がよく分かる。