On November 19, Yoshinaka executed a coup d'etat by capturing the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa and after dismissing Regent Motomichi KONOE and close aides of the emperor, he had Moroie MATSUDONO made Regent (the Battle of Hoju-ji Temple).
11月19日、義仲は後白河法皇を幽閉し、摂政近衛基通や院の近臣を更迭した後に松殿師家を摂政に任じるクーデターを行った（法住寺合戦）。