The first record of the military art of kasagake (horseback archery competition), which was considered to be essential for warriors, is when it was held by retainers of Yoritoshi who guarded the Fujiwara clan in 1057 in the Emperor Goreizei's era in Kizu-kohan Riverside in Kyoto during the round trip to Nara.
武士のたしなみとされた笠懸の武芸の初見は後冷泉天皇期の天喜5年（1057年）、京都木津河畔の奈良への往還の途次において、藤原氏の警護を勤めた頼俊の家来たちによって行われたという記録が残っている。