The 'The Exile of the Taira clan' chapter of "Heike Monogatari" depicts TAIRA no Takakiyo and TAIRA no Tomomori as suspecting Koremori and the other sons of Shigemori of having changed their minds since they saw Koremori, who had been reluctant to leave his heir, TAIRA no Takakiyo, in Kyoto and to part from his wife and his other children, late for departure.
『平家物語』の「一門都落ち」では、嫡男平高清を都に残し、妻子との名残を惜しんで遅れた維盛とその弟たち重盛系一族の変心を、平宗盛や平知盛が疑うような場面がある。