This view may have been derived and developed from Hogen Monogatari and Tale of the Heike, which believe that the turmoil in the society like Gempei kassen (battles between the Heishi clan and Minamoto clan) were caused by the onryo of Sutokuin.
これは源平合戦などの世の乱れの一因に崇徳院の怨霊の影響があったとみる『保元物語』『平家物語』のありかたを一層、進展させたものと認められよう。