According to an episode described in "Imakagami" (The mirror of the Present), in a scene in a casual atmosphere, when some people took off ho from their shoulders, the people exposed their shitagasane and only Norimichi FUJIWARA orderly wore hanbi and the people around were deeply ashamed of themselves.
なお、『今鏡』には、冬期にくだけた場面で袍を肩脱ぎした際、皆下襲が露わになる中で藤原教通のみがきちんと半臂を着用しており、周囲がいたく自らを恥じた、という逸話が残されている。