This image became wide spread, and the story of Yukimori praying to the moon in order to take on all kinds of troubles in exchange for the restoration of the Amago clan was adopted in textbooks from the Meiji period, during which Bushido (the way of the samurai) was used as a source of spiritual support for the people.
これが世に広く知られ、武士道を精神的な支柱とした明治以降の国民教育の題材として、月に七難八苦を祈った話が教科書に採用された。