The "Azuma Kagami" describes Hangaku as follows: "Woman as she was, Hangaku was an expert archer and able to hit her target with pinpoint accuracy, her archery skills and techniques being superior to her father and older brother's."
『吾妻鏡』では次のように書かれている。「女性の身たりと雖も、百発百中の芸殆ど父兄に越ゆるなり。」