| In "Gikeiki" (a military epic about the life of Yoshitsune), he warded off the assassin Shoshin TOSANOBO, who had received an imperial order to attack Yoshitsune, and beheaded him at Rokujo Kawara riverbank.. |
『義経記』では義経追討の院宣を受けて現れた刺客土佐坊昌俊を撃退後、六条河原にて斬首している。 |