Tokai-ya' and 'Daimotsu-ura' of the "Yoshitsune Sembon-zakura" ballad drama of Kabuki (traditional performing art) are based on this legend, which is also called 'Ikari Tomomori,' and at its climax is the scene when Tomomori throws himself into the sea by leaping backward from the top of the cliff shouldering an anchor.
これに想を得た歌舞伎『義経千本桜』の「渡海屋」および「大物浦」は別名「碇知盛」（いかりとももり）とも呼ばれ、知盛が崖の上から碇と共に仰向けに飛込み入水する場面がクライマックスとなっている。