Yoshitsune hastened to Kamakura to justify his situation, accompanying the captives in the Battle of Dannoura, but he was detained at Koshigoe, and although he begged for meeting with Yoritomo, he was not allowed even to enter into Kamakura and was obliged to return to Kyoto.
義経は弁明のため、壇ノ浦での捕虜を伴い鎌倉へ向かったが腰越で留め置かれ、頼朝との対面を願うも鎌倉入りさえも許されず、都へ戻る事を余儀なくされる。