In spite of Yoshitomo's plea for the life of Tameyoshi and his younger brothers for their distinguished war services, they were not pardoned and on August 24, they were beheaded by Yoshitomo, either in Funaoka, according to "Heihanki" (TAIRA no Nobunori's diary), or in Shichijo-Suzaku, according to "Hogen Monogatari" (Tales of the Hogen War).
義朝は自らの戦功に代えて、為義と弟たちの助命を願うが許されず、7月30日(旧暦)に源義朝によって斬首された（場所は、『兵範記』では船岡、『保元物語』では七条朱雀）。