In Kamakura, rumor spread that Yoritomo had been killed, which worried Masako; and Noriyori, who was at Kamakura at the time, consoled Masako by telling her, 'Please be calm in the knowledge that I will be here to protect the Minamoto family.'
鎌倉では頼朝が殺されたとの流言があり、政子は大層心配したが鎌倉に残っていた範頼が「源氏にはわたしがおりますから御安心ください」と政子を慰めた。