The first report brought to the Imperial court in Kyoto and to Rokuhara Tandai (the office of Shogunal deputy in Kyoto placed by the Kamakura shogunate) through a post horse-carried message was "Tokimura was killed due to his crime," such as "Ason Tokimura, Sakyo no gon no daifu, was killed due to his crime" (according to the article on April 27 of "Sanemikyoki") and "An express messenger arrived from Kanto, and Ason Tokimura, Sakyo no gon no daifu, was killed due to his crime on the last 23rd" (according to Moroshige NAKAHARA, Daigeki (a senior secretary).
早馬がもたらした京の朝廷、及び六波羅探題への第一報はでは「去二十三日午剋、左京権大夫時村朝臣、僕被誅了」（『実躬卿記』の4月27日条）、「関東飛脚到著、是左京大夫時村朝臣、去二十三日被誅事」（大外記中原師茂）と、「時村が誅された」である。