It is said that MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune, Musashibo Benkei, and others who had been pursued by MINAMOTO no Yoritomo's men left Shizukagozen in Mt. Yoshino and fled to Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region), and some historic sites are found in Mt. Yoshino.
源頼朝の追討を受けた源義経・武蔵坊弁慶らは吉野山で静御前と別れて東国へ脱出したと言われており、吉野山内にもいくつか旧跡がある。