Feeding of mountain hawk-eagle itself has been seen since Kamakura Period (Kokon-Chomonju (Collection of Folk-Literature)), and in the book on falconry in medieval times there is a description about the 'Kumataka (Mountain hawk-eagle).'
クマタカの飼育自体は鎌倉時代から見られ（古今著聞集）、中世の鷹書においても「角鷹」への言及が見られる。