When MINAMOTO no Yoritomo was routed with Yoshitomo at the Heiji Revolt, he got separated from Yoshitomo and wandered around the banks of the Nagara-gawa River, and stayed at the house of Hakumyo, the head of Ukai and satisfied his hunger by eating delicious ayu sushi there.
平治の乱で源頼朝が義朝と敗走するとき、義朝とはぐれて長良川河畔をさまよい、鵜飼の長である白明の家にやどり、そこで食したアユすしの美味に飢えをいやした。