There were only a few followers that remained when Shintaikenmon-in fell under the siege of KO no Moronao of Ashikaga forces in Yoshino, and Iga no Tsubone split the huge tree with her monstrous strength to make a bridge across Yoshino River when no one could go across with only half a bridge, and allowed everyone to go across safely.
足利勢の高師直に襲われ新待賢門院が吉野を落ちた時、従う者はわずか数人で、途中、吉野川にかかる橋が半ば絶たれ、渡ることができなかったが、伊賀局は怪力をもって巨木を折り、吉野川に架け、無事通過することができた。