after the taira clan was ruined, hage-tanuki became the protector deity of yashima-ji, the 84th temple on the shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage. his skill at transformation was called the best in japan, and he achieved the rank of supreme commander of the tanuki in shikoku. in times of extreme cold, 300 tanuki of his household would gather together, and he would show phantom magic to minamoto no yoshitsune's yasō tobi (八艘飛び) and yumi nagashi (弓流し), as happened during the genpei war.