| When it was proposed that Princess Takako (the daughter of Prince Tomohira, the seventh son of Emperor Murakami) become Yorimichi's wife, Michinaga was overjoyed at the engagement to a princess of elevated rank and said 'The wife makes the man.' |
村上天皇の第七皇子具平親王が娘の隆子女王を頼通の妻にと申し入れた、道長はこの高貴な姫との縁談を「男は妻がらなり」と言って喜んだ。 |