In addition to the argument that Yoshimoto lost himself in his aristocratic tastes based on his familiarity with court culture and his protection from exile from the capital by court nobles, his teeth were dyed black like a court noble and he wore light makeup with okimayu (painted eyebrows on his brow).
公家文化に精通し、都を逃れた公家達を保護、さらには自らも公家のようにお歯黒をつけ、置眉、薄化粧をしていた事から、貴族趣味に溺れた人物とされる事もある。