"Futsu-shodo shu" (a selection of ordinary advocates) (1297) contains a record that the storytelling by a biwa-playing minstrel had spread as well as the Hogen Monogatari and Heike Monogatari, so it is estimated that by the late 13th century the story was widely known.
そして『普通唱導集』（永仁5年・1297）には保元・平家と並んで琵琶法師の語りが広まっていたことが記されており、13世紀後半には物語は広く浸透してものと判断される。