When Yoritomo sent an envoy to Shigetada, Shigetada felt disgraced and tried to kill himself; however, the envoy stopped him and said that he should go to Kamakura to explain himself.
頼朝は重忠へ使者を遣わせると、恥辱と感じた重忠は自害しようとし、使者はこれを押しとどめて申し開きをするため鎌倉へ行くよう説得。