He is said to have loved Kesa Gozen, the wife of Wataru WATANABE, who was his male cousin and worked together with him, killed her by mistake, and consequently become a priest.
従兄弟で同僚の渡辺渡（わたなべわたる）の妻、袈裟御前に横恋慕し、誤って殺してしまったことから出家したという。