"The Tale of the Heike" mentions in the chapter on 'Sanemori's Death' that 'Just as Shubaishin used to flap his sleeves of golden brocade in the wind at Mt. Huiji, So Betto Sanemori SAITO is renowned in the towns of the northern provinces.
『平家物語』は「実盛最期」で、「昔の朱買臣は、錦の袂を会稽山に翻し、今の斉藤別当実盛は、その名を北国の巷に揚ぐとかや。