Sadaisho (Major Captain the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) FUJIWARA no Tomokata, who is a favorite retainer of the Cloistered Emperor, pretended that it was an order from a retired emperor and ordered Yoshitsune to subdue Yoritomo.
法皇の寵臣、左大将藤原朝方はこれを院宣とみせかけ、頼朝討伐を命じる。