There is a description in the classics "Taiheiki" (The Record of the Great Peace) that a murderer 某 EDO (江戸某) had died in madness by the vengeful spirit of Yoshioki after his death so that local residents worshipped Yoshitoki as a god in order to calm his spirit. |
義興の死後、謀殺の下手人であった江戸某が義興の怨霊により狂死したため、現地の住民が義興の霊を慰めるために神として祭ったという記述が、古典「太平記」にある。 |