The relationship between Shigehira and Senju in Kamakura is portrayed as a passage within the "Heike Monogatari" and the Noh (Japanese play) title of "Senju" which depicted the night between Shigehira and Senju.
鎌倉での重衡と千手との関わりは『平家物語』の一節になっており、これをもとに能の演目に重衡と千手の一夜を描く『千手』がある。