Yoritomo forbade Noriyori to remain in Kyoto, so army to search and kill Taira clan entered Kyoto on October 10 (August 27 under the old lunar calendar), granted with kanpu (official documents from Dajokan, or Great Council of State) of envoy to search for and kill the Taira clan on October 12 (August 29 under the old lunar calendar), and proceeded to Saikai (provinces on the western sea coast) on October 13 (September 1 under the old lunar calendar).
頼朝は範頼に対し京への駐留を禁じており、追討軍は27日に京へ入ると29日に平氏追討使の官符を賜い、9月1日には西海へと赴いた。