However he was a toxophilite, and she wrote about the episode of Michitsuna's as a boy who lead his team to draw in the archery competition at the royal court when the Migikata (right team) were losing until Michitsuna's turn.
しかしながら、弓の名手であり、宮中の弓試合で少年時代の道綱の活躍により旗色が悪かった右方を引き分けに持ち込んだというエピソードが書かれている。