During this battle, it was said that an arrow which was shot by Shigesada hit exactly the back of the neck of FUJIWARA no Yorinaga who was sadaijin (minister of the left) on the enemy side (Yorinaga died because of this injury).
この際、自らが放った矢が敵方の左大臣藤原頼長の首筋に命中したという（その傷が元で頼長は落命）。