Legend states that it is the place in which MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune and Shizuka Gozen met and there is a theory that it is the origin of the name of 'Oike-dori Street' - one of the streets that runs from the east to west through Kyoto City (although there are also different theories).
伝承では源義経と静御前が出会った場と言われ、京都市の東西に伸びる通りの一つ「御池通」の名前の由来であるとの説もある（異説あり）。