According to his remembrance, Kogetsu met a hunter named Hiratoji whose father was the "Guji (chief of those who serves shrine, controls festivals and general affairs) of Katakamuna Shrine" during his investigation in Kincho-san mountain in Rokkosan in Hyogo Prefecture and he showed him the makimono, the shintai (sacred object) of the shrine.
皐月の述懐によれば、皐月は兵庫県六甲山系の金鳥山中での調査中に父が「カタカムナ神社の宮司」であったと名乗る平十字（ひらとうじ）という猟師と出会い、その神社の御神体である巻物を見せてもらったという。