"Taiheiki" (The Record of the Great Peace, a Japanese military epic written in the late 14th century) shows as follows: When Sadanori OTOMO, who attended to Chikamitsu, asked why Chikamitsu, who gave up, didn't undress his armor, Chikamitsu thought Sadanori noticed his plot to assassinate Takauji then he killed Sadanori and some Ashikaga soldiers swarming on him at random, intending to kill as many of his enemies as possible, but was defeated by a Ashikaga soldier.
『太平記』によれば、親光は応対した大友貞載に、降参人のくせになぜ鎧を脱がないと言われ、尊氏暗殺の企てを見破られたと思い、せめて敵将の1人でも討ち取ろうと貞載を斬殺し、群がってきた足利兵を手当たり次第に斬り倒すも足利兵により殺されたとする。