The chapter 'Ushiwaka Oshukudari no Koto' (The Ushiwaka's Downcast Trip to Oshu) of "Heiji Monogatari" (illustrated stories of the Heiji Rebellion) describes in a form of a comment made by FUJIWARA no Hidehira after meeting him for the first time as follows; 'As he is a good looking young man, anyone who has a daughter wants to pick him as son-in-law.'
『平治物語』の「牛若奥州下りの事」の段では、義経と対面した藤原秀衡の台詞として「みめよき冠者どのなれば、姫を持っている者は婿にも取りましょう」と述べている。