Yoshitsune and his group, who escaped from Kyoto, set sail from Daimotsuhama, today's Amagasaki City, for Kyushu on December 6, 1185, but their ship wrecked and the group members were separated.
文治元年11月6日（1185年12月15日）都落ちした義経の一行が九州へ渡るべく大物浜（尼崎市）から乗船するが、暴風雨によって難破し一行は離散。