That is, according to the "Azuma kagami," on September 28, 1189, several groups of ladies-in-waiting to the shogun's wife at the palace went to Tsurugaoka in order to pray for the success of the northward search and destroy mission; or again, on August 21, 1241, the Hojo clan is described as having gone to Tsurugaoka and made a hundred-fold prayer.
すなわち、『吾妻鏡』には、文治5年8月10日、奥州追討の祈祷のために、御台所御所中の女房数輩に鶴ヶ岡に百度参りをさせ、また、仁治2年7月6日、北条氏が鶴ヶ岡に百度願をした、とある。