After having been defeated in Heiji Disturbance, MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, along with MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo, wandered along the Nagara-gawa River and stayed at the home of Hakumyo, the head of ukai fishermen.
平治の乱で源頼朝が源義朝と敗走する時はぐれ、長良川河畔をさまよった末に鵜飼の長である白明の家にて宿泊。