It is a famous story that is told in collections of poems and stories from around the time of the tale, including "Sanka Shu" (Saigyo's representative collection of poems called "Poems of a Mountain Home" in English), "Saigyo monogatari" (A Story of Saigyo) and even 'Shiramine' ("Tales of Moonlight and Rain") by Akinari UEDA.
これは『山家集』『西行物語』など、近い時代の歌集・説話集をはじめ、上田秋成の「白峯」（『雨月物語』）にまで伝えられる著名な話である。