On May 24 (old lunar calendar), Yoshitsune handed a message to OE no Hiromoto, Yoritomo's close confidant, that he had no intention of an uprising, and this message is well known to date as Koshigoe-jo (Message of Koshigoe).
5月24日_(旧暦)兄頼朝に対し自分が叛意のないことを示し頼朝の側近大江広元に託した書状が有名な腰越状である。