Later, Kiyomori ordered Tomomori to go to Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region) to conduct a search-and-destroy mission, but Tomomori was forced to return to Kyoto due to illness.
知盛はその後、清盛の命令で東国追討も命じられたが、この時に病に倒れて京都に戻ることを余儀なくされた。