It is said that Hizamaru, Higekiri's kyodaigatana, was handed down to MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune, and then to MINAMOTO no Yoritomo after Yoshitsune's defeat in battle and subsequent suicide.
尚、兄弟刀の膝丸は源義経に伝えられ、源義経が討たれた後に源頼朝のもとに渡ったという。