According to "Uji Shui Monogatari" (a collection of the Tales from Uji), Toshitsuna was insulted by the Daiguji (supreme priest) of Ise-jingu Shrine while Toshitsuna was a priest of Owari Province called Sungo, but he was reborn as a son of the Kanpaku (chief adviser to the Emperor) and had revenge against the Daiguji of Atsuta-jingu Shrine.
『宇治拾遺物語』には、俊綱は昔尾張国の「俊綱」（すんごう）と言う僧侶であった時、熱田神宮の大宮司に侮辱を受けたが、のちに関白の息子として生まれ変わり尾張守となって、今度は熱田神宮の大宮司にかつての雪辱をした、との説話がある。