"Heike monogatari" (The Tale of the Heike) also depicts how temple buildings and their Buddha statues collapsed by merciless fire spreading widely due to a strong wind, and how people died screaming and crying in flames.
また、『平家物語』にも、長々と無残にも風にのった炎に崩れ行く堂舎仏像と炎にまかれて死ぬ人々の阿鼻叫喚の有様が描写されている。