According to "Intokuki" (the war chronicle of the Sengoku period in Chugoku region), it was rumored that Murashige ARAKI, who clandestinely consorted with the troops of the Mori clan, carried army provisions into Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple which had been fighting with Nobunaga ODA in Ishiyama War.
『陰徳記』によると石山合戦で織田信長と交戦中の石山本願寺へ毛利氏勢と通じた荒木村重が兵糧を密かに搬入したとの噂が流れた。