Again, Yoshitsune asked for an imperial decree to search for and kill MINAMOTO no Yoritomo, and the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa gave the imperial decree to Yoshitsune, giving into pressure.
頼朝追討の宣旨を再び朝廷に求め、後白河法皇はその圧力に負け義経に宣旨を下した。