The retired Emperor Tsuchimikado (a grand-grandchild of Goshirakawa) was sentenced to deportation to Tosa Province after the Jokyu War, and when he passed near the mausoleum he played the biwa (Japanese lute) to calm Sutoku's spirit; later, the retired Emperor Tshuchimikado had a dream of Sutoku and promised that he would protect himself and his family members left in the city.
承久の乱で土佐国に流された土御門上皇（後白河の曾孫）が途中で崇徳天皇の御陵の近くを通った際にその霊を慰めるために琵琶を弾いたところ、夢に崇徳天皇が現われて上皇と都に残してきた家族の守護を約束した。