In addition, since the return trip was at night, Yoshiie changed from soukutai (traditional formal court dress) to hoi (everyday clothes), which were easier to fight in case of emergency and, armed with bows and arrows, formed an escort on either side of the Emperor's palanquin, leading FUJIWARA no Tamefusa to comment in "Tamefusa-kyo-ki" (A Diary of FUJIWARA no Tamefusa), 'Plain-clothed warriors attending the imperial carriage.
さらに帰りが夜となったので義家は束帯（朝廷での正式な装束）から非常時に戦いやすい布衣（ほい：常服）に着替え、弓箭（きゅうせん）を帯して白河天皇の乗輿の側らで警護にあたり、藤原為房の『為房卿記』には、「布衣の武士、鳳輦（ほうれん）に扈従（こしゅう）す。