It is said that this tank became the origin of a minyo (a traditional folk song) in Tohoku Region called "Sansa Shigure" (incessantly drizzling light shower) in later years, which is sometimes sung in such celebratory occasions as a wedding ceremony; however this is not a fact but a popular belief.
これが後に結婚式などのおめでたい席で歌われることがある東北民謡「さんさ時雨」の元歌になったと言われるが、俗説であり事実ではない。