According to "Azuma Kagami," on September 19 (August 6 under the old lunar calendar) Yoshitsune was appointed without Yoritomo's unofficial recommendation whilst staying at Kyoto, and the enraged Yoritomo had removed Yoshitsune from the army to search for and kill the Taira clan (item of September 30, 1184 or August 17, 1184 under the old lunar calendar).
吾妻鏡では、8月6日、京に在った義経は頼朝の内挙を得ずに任官し、憤った頼朝は義経を平家追討軍から除いたことになっている（元暦元年八月十七日条）。