Yoshitsune sent Koshigoe-jo (MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune's letter to OE no Hiromoto to ask an intercession to MINAMOTO no Yoritomo for him) while staying at Koshigoe, but on July 14 (June 9 under the old lunar calendar), after meeting with Munemori, Yoritomo ordered Yoshitsune to return to Kyoto accompanying Munemori and his son without allowing Yoshitsune into Kamakura.
腰越に留まる義経は、許しを請う腰越状を送るが、頼朝は宗盛との面会を終えると、義経を鎌倉に入れぬまま、6月9日に宗盛父子と平重衡を伴なわせ帰洛を命じる。