According to "Heike Monogatari" (The Tale of the Taira family), there was a legend that while Shigeko was performing a traditional Japanese dancewith the court music of (ancient) Japan called 'Konju,' it started raining suddenly, however she did not recoil and instead kept on dancing.
『平家物語』には、熊野本宮で滋子が「胡飲酒」を舞っていたところに突然大雨が降ったが、いささかもたじろがず舞を続けたという逸話がある。