In "Heike Monogatari" (The Tale of the Heike), it is described that, when Tomoyasu required Yoshinaka to suppress riotous behaviors by soldiers, he was bewildered by Yoshinaka's question, 'Is the reason why you are called as Tsuzumi no Hogan that you have been hit or tapped by many person?' and he suggested the Cloistered Emperor to subjugate Yoshinaka.
『平家物語』では兵の乱暴狼藉を鎮めるよう求めたところ、義仲から「和殿が鼓判官といふは、万（よろず）の人に打たれたか、張られたか」と尋ねられて面食らい、法皇に義仲討伐を進言したとされる。