After more than two decades passed since KI no Natsui had gone, SUGAWARA no Michizane was appointed Governor of Sanuki Province where its peasants remembered Natsui's good politics, and Michizane is said to have faced difficulties in running government affairs due to the people who wanted to contrast Michizane with Natsui in every aspect.
紀夏井が讃岐守の任期を終えて20余年後に、菅原道真が讃岐守として現地に赴任した際、讃岐国の百姓は紀夏井の善政を忘却しておらず、道真は紀夏井と何かと比較され国政運営で難渋したという逸話がある。