When Yoshitsune, who had a conflict with his half-brother MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, left Kyoto and headed for Kyushu after the end of the Jisho Juei Rebellion, Shizuka Gozen also accompanied him, but his fleet was forced back to the shore by a storm.
治承・寿永の乱後、兄の源頼朝と対立した義経が京を落ちて九州へ向かう際に同行するが、義経の船団は嵐に遭難して岸へ戻される。