Upon receiving an order from Yoshitsune to execute the vice commander in Kyoto without sending him to Kamakura, Shigefusa KAWAGOE, who was in charge of Yoshimune, sent him a wagon, telling him that he would be placed in the custody of Koreyoshi OGATA in Kyoto.
副将を預かった河越重房は、鎌倉へは連れて行かず、京で処置するようにとの義経の命を受け、「若君は京に留まるので、緒方惟義が預かる手はずになっています」と御車を差し向けた。