Based on his dependency of using a palanquin for transportation, it came to be said that he was unable to ride on horseback, and many vulgar beliefs were invented in later years to explain why, such as him having a fear of riding since he fell off a horse when he was a child, that he was fat, or he was waistless and short-legged.
また、輿に乗り移動していたと言う史実から、騎乗することができなかったと見られるようになり、さらにその理由は幼少時に落馬した恐怖、太っていたため、寸胴短足だったなど。