To contain Yoshinaka's objection, Goshirakawa conducted miura (royal augury), and Shinomiya (the fourth imperial prince, Imperial Prince Takahira, later Emperor Gotoba) turned out to be the best.
後白河は義仲の異議を抑えるために御卜を行い、四宮（尊成親王、後の後鳥羽天皇）が最吉となった。