Not knowing where he was when the wagon arrived at the execution site along the Kamo-gawa River and gripped by fear when he saw Shigefusa's soldiers preparing for his execution, Yoshimune tried to escape them, hiding himself behind one of his nurses.
賀茂河原へ到着し、車を降りた副将は不審に思い、重房の郎党に斬られそうになると逃げ出して乳母のふところに隠れた。