At that time, Yorimori was 27 and Shigemori 22 years old when the went to the battlefield taking command of an army, "On the side of the Taira clan, two commanding generals, Saemon no suke (assistant captain of the Left Division of Outer Palace Guards) Shigemori and Mikawa no kuni no kami Yorimori, fought a fierce battle" as described in the "Gukansho".
頼盛は27歳、重盛は22歳であり、「平氏ガ方ニハ左衛門佐重盛・三河守頼盛、コノ二人コソ大将軍ノ誠ニタタカイハシタリケルハアリケレ」（『愚管抄』）とあるように、平氏軍の主力を率いて戦場に臨んだ。