On the occasion of his departure to the war, Masamori shouted a battle cry to Yoshichika's mansion in Kyoto three times and shot a whistling arrow to it three times ("Genpei Seisui ki" [Rise and Fall of the Minamoto and the Taira clans]).
出陣にあたり正盛は京都にあった義親の邸宅に向かって三度、鬨の声をあげ、三度、鏑矢を放って出立した（『源平盛衰記』）。