In the Muromachi Period, 'TAWARA no Tota emaki' (illustrated hand scroll of TAWARA no Tota) was completed and he is famous for the legend of killing a giant centipede in Mt. Mikami-yama in the Omi Province.
室町時代に「俵藤太絵巻」が完成し、近江国三上山の百足（むかで）退治の伝説で有名。