In "Zoku honcho ojoden" (Sequel to the Accounts of Rebirth into the Pure Land) written by Oe no Masahira in the latter Heian Period, his name was also included in 'the prominent figures in the country,' with such other names as MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka, MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu, TAIRA no Korehira, and TAIRA no Muneyori.
また、平安時代後期に大江匡房によって記された『続本朝往生伝』には、源満仲・源頼光・平維衡・平致頼らと共に「天下之一物」としてその名が挙げられている。