On December 28, Shigehira's troops invaded Nanto and incinerated all of the Doto-garan Ichiu (a set of buildings in a temple, such as a main hall, pagoda and temple) along with all of the Buddhist sutras and instructional texts.
28日、重衡の軍勢は南都へ攻め入って火を放ち、興福寺、東大寺の堂塔伽藍一宇残さず焼き尽し、経典・教本のことごとくが燃えてしまったという。