There is an anecdote in "Konjaku Monogatarishu" (Tales of Times Now Past) in which, after dying of an illness, FUJIWARA no Yoshimi was taken to the office of the King of Hell; but, was brought back to life by Takamura's intercession.
『今昔物語集』によると、病死して閻魔庁に引据えられたた藤原良相が篁の執成しによって蘇生したという逸話が見える。