In the same year, Yoritomo dedicated ganmon (written prayers) to defeat Taira clan to Ise-jingu Shrine, and called on a deity for making a branch shrine of Benzaiten (Sarasvati, Buddhist goddess of music, learning, eloquence, wealth, longevity, and protection from natural disasters) in Eno-shima Island to pray for subjugation of FUJIWARA no Hidehira.
その年頼朝は伊勢神宮に平氏打倒の願文を奉じ、藤原秀衡の調伏を祈願し江ノ島に弁才天を勧請する。