MINAMOTO no Noriyori and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune asked the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa whether HIGUCHI could be saved, but the court nobles in the palace, even court ladies and girls that worked in palace room said, 'It is impossible to save HIGUCHI because IMAI and HIGUCHI burnt down Hossho-ji Temple and killed many high priests,' thus he was given the death sentence.
源範頼と義経は院に伺いをたてたところ、院中の公卿、局の女房、女童までも「木曾が法性寺を焼き滅ぼし、多くの高僧が亡くなったのは今井と樋口によるものであり、これを助けることは口惜しい」と述べたため死罪が決まった。