| In the Battle of Koromo-gawa River against the army of FUJIWARA no Yasuhira in Hiraizumi in Oshu (Northern Honshu, the region encompassing Mutsu and Dewa provinces) where Yoshitsune died, Kaison was said to survive because he and some other retainers of Yoshitsune visited a temple in the mountain. |
義経の最後の場所である奥州平泉の藤原泰衡の軍勢と戦った衣川の合戦では、源義経の家来数名と共に山寺を拝みに出ていた為生き延びたと言われている。 |