It is also well known that when he departed for this battle, he engraved his farewell poem (which will be mentioned later) on the gates of Nyoirin-ji Temple in Yoshino with an arrowhead.
この合戦に赴く際、辞世の句（後述）を吉野の如意輪寺の門扉に矢じりで彫ったことも有名である。