Yoshitomo was planning to escape to safety in the Kanto, but along the way got separated from Yoritomo and lost Yorinaga and Yoshitaka as well, until at last, on February 15, just as he arrived at the residence of Tadamune OSADA, he and his companion Masaie KANATA were slain.
義朝は東国への脱出を図るが途中で頼朝とはぐれ、朝長・義隆を失い、12月29日尾張国内海荘司・長田忠致の邸にたどり着いたところを鎌田正家とともに殺害された。