Hiroaki had heard from these men of culture that 'there is a record of the Kanto region entitled "Azumakagami"' which was 'a paragon of the literary and military arts' but it is said that he was unable to see it for himself.
弘詮はそれら文化人から「吾妻鏡と号す」「関東記録」があり「文武諸道の亀鑑」と聞いていたがなかなか目にすることが出来なかったという。