In 1180, when MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, who was raising an army to eliminate the Taira clan, established his headquarters in the vicinity of presently Yahata, Kise-gawa River, Shizuoka Prefecture before the Battle of Fujigawa, he had in an emotional reunion with MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune who had come from afar Oshu.
治承4年（1180年）、平家追討のため挙兵した源頼朝が富士川合戦を前に現在の静岡県黄瀬川八幡付近に本営を造営した際、奥州からはるばる馳せ参じた源義経と感激の対面を果たす。