"Hachiman Gudokun" (Exegesis of Hachimanshin (God of War) Legends for the Ignorant and Children) mentioned that when the Mongolian forces landed on the west coast of Ikinoshima Island at Saru-no-koku (ninth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Monkey, 4pm to 6pm.) on November 20, 1274, Kagetaka waiting with about 100 samurai horsemen attacked the Mongolian forces, and shot an arrow toward them in front of the castle of a person named Shozaburo, and then, this attack developed to a battle.
『八幡愚童訓』によれば、文永11年（1274年）10月14日の申の刻（午後4時から6時頃）、蒙古軍が壱岐島の西岸に上陸すると、景隆は百余騎の武士を率いて迎え撃ち、庄三郎という者の城の前で矢を射かけて合戦となる。