As soon as Kagenaka heard the assassination of Noritada, he returned to Kamakura and promptly set fire to a residence of Kanrei (Shogun's deputy) and had the people who survived including the official wife of Noritada (a daughter of Mochitomo UESUGI) evacuate to the Kasuya-no-yakata castle of Mochitomo.
憲忠暗殺の報せを聞いた景仲は鎌倉に戻ると、直ちに管領屋敷に火を放つとともに憲忠正室（上杉持朝の娘）ら生き残った人々を持朝の糟谷館に避難させた。