However, the messenger from Kamakura who brought the news that Yoriie had died of disease on September 1 arrived at the Imperial court in Kyo in the early morning of September 7, 1203, and the emperor demanded to appoint Sanetomo as Seii Taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), which was recorded in Iezane KONOE's diary, "Inokuma Kanpaku-ki," "Meigetsuki" by FUJIWARA no Teika, and "Prince Narisuke's Diary" by Prince Narisuke SHIRAKAWAHAKUOKE.
しかし京の朝廷には、9月1日に頼家が病死したという鎌倉からの使者が1203年（建仁3年）9月7日早朝に到着し、実朝を征夷大将軍に任命するよう要請していることが近衛家実の『猪隅関白記』、藤原定家の『明月記』、白川伯王家業資王の『業資王記』などによって知られている。