Yoshitoyo and his father fled to take refuge in the Hosen-ji Temple in Yamaguchi at first, then the Tainei-ji Temple (or Dainei-ji Temple) in the Nagato Province (now, Nagato City in the Yamaguchi Prefecture).
山口市の法泉寺、次いで長門国（現在山口県長門市）の大寧寺に逃れた。