A famous scene that takes place in the latter part of the tale in which Tameyoshi's four young children are executed by his older brother Yoshitomo, and it has been taken as the most pathetic scene in the tale.
物語後半で為義の幼いこどもたち４人が、兄義朝によって処刑される著名な件で、物語のなかでももっとも哀切な場面として享受されてきた。