On the 19th, Yoshinaka, finally boiling over, attacked and set fire on Hojujidono Temple and killed more than a hundred people including the Tendaizasu Myoun and Monk-Prince Enkei, a son of Monk-Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who were actively involved in the Monk-Emperor's induction; while naked court ladies were running away he incarcerated the Monk-Emperor and Emperor Go-Toba in the Sessho's house in Gojo Higashi no Toin and raised a cry of triumph for capturing power.
19日、ついに爆発した義仲は法住寺殿を襲撃して火を放ち、法皇の徴兵に積極的に関与した天台座主の明雲や後白河法皇の皇子である円恵法親王など百余人を殺害、裸形の女房らが逃げまどう中、法皇と後鳥羽天皇を五条東洞院の摂政邸に幽閉して勝ち鬨の声をあげ、政権を掌握した。