While Yoshinaka was away fighting the battle, the Imperial Court continually urged Yoritomo to come to Kyoto, but Yoritomo rejected the invitation; Yoritomo got the Imperial Court to agree to the recognition of his reign over Eastern Japan in exchange of paying annual land taxes [to the Imperial Court] from Eastern Japan (Emperor's order in October 1183); Yoshinaka protested to this when he came back to the capital.
義仲の出陣中に朝廷ではしきりと頼朝の上洛を促し、頼朝はこれを断って東日本からの年貢を都まで送るかわりに、東国の支配権を認めさせており（寿永二年十月宣旨）、義仲は都に戻ってからこれに抗議している。