During this situation, the leaders of the Kamakura bakufu, including Yoriie, felt a sense of crisis, and sent Chikayoshi NAKAHARA, the government commissioner, to Kyoto to explain the situation.
これに危機感を抱いた頼家ら鎌倉幕府首脳は奉行人である中原親能を上洛させて弁明に努めた。