It has been known that after the remission he returned to Kyoto and visited TAIRA no Tokuko who had led a secluded life in Ohara to make a waka poem saying, 'Today we survived and meet here again, while I miss the person who parted from this world."
赦免後は帰洛し、大原に隠棲中の平徳子を訪問して「今日かくてめぐり逢ふにも恋しきは此の世隔てし別れなりけり」の一首を詠んだたことなどが知られる。