Yoritomo came through Noma, Owari Province, where his father was killed, and Ogaki City, Mino Province, where his parents and siblings stayed, and he entered Kyoto with gokenin of approximately 1,000 horsemen on December 12 (November 7 under the old lunar calendar).
平治の乱で父が討たれた尾張国野間、父兄が留まった美濃国大垣市などを経て、11月7日に千余騎の御家人を率いて入京した。