There is a well known anecdote passed down through tales and the like recounting that when the Amago clan was on the decline, Shikanosuke prayed to the moon for the restoration of their former status, saying, 'I would rather sustain all kinds of troubles myself than see the clan of my lord fall into ruin.'
尼子氏が衰亡していく中、御家再興のため、鹿介が「願わくば、我に七難八苦を与えたまえ」と三日月に祈った逸話は講談などによりよく知られる。