On March 17, Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa ordered an Imperial decree to Yoritomo - to hunt down and kill the Heike family (the Taira clan family) and to recover the Three Sacred Treasures of the Imperial Family, which were taken by the Taira clan when they left Kyoto.
1月26日、後白河法皇は、頼朝に平家追討と平氏が都落ちの際に持ち去った三種の神器奪還を命じる平家追討の宣旨を出した。