Hearing of Kinkazu's death, Norimitsu YANAGIHARA, a court noble and historian who was contemporary with Kinkazu, made the following entry in his diary: "Although not well-versed in Chinese literature, he wrote essays and diaries, and was generally quite knowledgeable."
同時代の公卿で歴史家としても知られていた柳原紀光は、訃報を聞いて日記に「彼卿無漢才、於抄物日記等事者、博覧之人也」と評している。