People of Kamakura rumored that Senju continuously loved the late Shigehira and that the grief built up and she became ill ("Azuma Kagami" (The Mirror of the East)).
鎌倉の人々は千手が亡き重衡を朝夕恋慕し、その嘆きが積み重なって病になったのだろうと噂した（『吾妻鏡』）。