The Imperial court was opposed to the public exhibition because the Taira family was their maternal relative, but Yoshitsune and Noriyori strongly insisted, saying as follows.
朝廷側は平家が皇室の外戚である為、獄門にかける事を反対するが、義経と範頼は、これは自分達の宿意（父義朝の仇討ち）であると以下のように強硬に主張。