Somehow or other one group managed to make progress by forcing their way through the Yamahoshi (armed priests); however, Yoshitaka was buried at Katata-no-ura in Omi Province, and because many could not escape the Bando samurai, they obeyed an order to disband.
一行はなんとか山法師を蹴散らして先へ進むが、近江国堅田の浦で義隆の首を埋葬し、大勢では逃げ切れないからと付き従っていた坂東武者たちを解散した。