The incident was reported to the Imperial Court, and MINAMOTO no Yorinobu, TAIRA no Masasuke, TAIRA no Naokata and NAKAHARA no Narimichi were nominated as tsuitoshi, envoys to search and kill Tadatsune.
事件の報は朝廷に伝えられ追討使として源頼信・平正輔・平直方・中原成通が候補にあがった。