Naoie KUMAGAI was there with Yoritomo, so that Masamitsu asked Yoritomo who he was, and Yoritomo answered that he was one of the bravest warriors in this country because he himself fought in the Genpei War as he had few vassals.
その場には熊谷直家が在り、政光が直家は何者かを質問すると、頼朝は直家を無双の勇士と評し、それが直家には郎従が少く源平合戦では自ら戦った事によると応えた。