It is said there was a heavy thunder storm on the way to the mountain, the Emperor was exhausted and he almost fainted, although his aides who were with him, asked the Emperor to get on the palanquin, he refused and kept on walking until he got to the Mt. Koya.
参詣の途中、山中にて激しい雷雨に遭い、気を失うほど疲労してしまい、供をしている者が後宇多天皇に輿に乗られるように勧めたが、高野山に到着するまで輿に乗らなかったという。