Goshirakawa called his court nobles, kebiishi (police and justices), and samurai to the Imperial Palace where he resided, to enhance security; however, the group of priests headed not for Goshirakawa's Palace but the Imperial Palace precincts, and made its attack of the precincts.
後白河は院御所に公卿・検非違使・武士を召集して警備を強化するが、大衆は院御所ではなく内裏に向かい宮中に乱入して気勢を上げた。