As an aside, it was perhaps this story of the battle for Kishiwada-jo Castle which became a legend, evolving into the tradition of Octopus Jizo, where a priest riding on a giant octopus beat off Saigashu and Negoroshu (a group of armed priests in Negoro-ji Temple).
なお、おそらくこの際の岸和田城攻防戦が伝説化され、大蛸に乗った法師が雑賀・根来衆を追い払ったとする蛸地蔵伝承へと変化した。