In the episode entitled, 'Dazaifu ochi' in "The Tale of the Heike," Sukemori had gone to attempt to try to win over Koreyoshi OGATA, who had been a retainer of Shigemori's in Bungo Province, and was turned away; however, in the entry for April 8, 1184 in the "Gyokuyo," Sukemori and TAIRA no Sadayoshi are said to have been detained by residents of Bungo Province.
『平家物語』の「太宰府落」で資盛は元重盛の家人であった豊後国の緒方惟義の説得工作に向かって追い返されているが、『玉葉』の寿永3年2月19日条に資盛と平貞能が豊後国の住人によって拘束された風聞が記されている。