In the following Battle of Dannoura, Yoshitsune achieved distinguished service defeating the Heishi (Taira clan), and he returned to Kyoto as a hero who hunted down and killed the Heishi.
続く壇ノ浦の戦いで平氏を滅ぼして大功を立て、平氏追討の英雄として4月24日に都に凱旋する。