Yet Yoshimori formally handed in a petition through OE no Hiromoto stating his war records since the Jisho and Juei eras, and wanted the position of the Kokushi in Kazusa Province as 'an obsession I cannot forget about for the rest of my life'.
義盛はなおも正式に大江広元を通じて款状を提出し、治承寿永以来の勲功を述べ、「一生の余執」として上総国司を望んだ。