Also, in books such as "Soga Monogatari" (the tale of Soga) famous for the revenge of the Soga brothers, it is recorded that the samurai practiced sumo wrestling as one of the military arts which was different from present-day sumo.
また、曾我兄弟の仇討ちで有名な『曽我物語』などにも現代の相撲と異なる武芸としての相撲が武士により行われたことが記述されている。