Yorimori must have felt he was being forced to play a role that was difficult to become motivated about; however, he could not disobey the order, so he arrested Mochihitoo's child and forced him to enter the priesthood (Article for May 16 in "Sankaiki" and "Gyokuyo").
頼盛にすれば気の進まない役割を押し付けられたようなものだったが、命令には逆らえず以仁王の子の身柄を確保して出家させた（『山槐記』『玉葉』5月16日条）。