According to the "Gukansho" (Jottings of a Fool), Sukemori asked the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, with whom he was in favor, to allow him to stay in the capital, but was refused.
『愚管抄』によれば、このときに資盛は寵愛されていた後白河法皇に都に残る許しを求めて拒絶されている。