The "Heike monogatari," a war chronicle, records that 'Since the tides at Monjigaseki and Dannoura flowed powerfully out, the Taira ships rode the tide and sallied forth.
軍記物語の『平家物語』では「門司関、壇ノ浦はたぎり落ちる汐なれば、平家の船は汐に逢って出て来たる。