In "Kojidan" (Talks of the Past), there is a tradition that Kato dayu Nariie, who was told by TAIRA no Masamori to serve fresh meat of fowl as a meal of Gion no nyogo, Nariie daringly breached the ban on killing animals and fishes imposed by Emperor Shirakawa in order to avoid punishments from his master.
『古事談』には、祇園女御の食事に鮮鳥を差し出すことを平忠盛に命じられた加藤大夫成家が、主人からの処罰を逃れるためにあえて白河天皇の殺生禁断令を破った話が伝えられている。