When leaving Kyoto, Yoshitomo chose to kill his daughter, who was under Masakiyo's charge, (rather than to make her a captive of the enemy), ordering Masakiyo to kill her and he returned and stabbed her to death in tears.
京を落ちる際に、政清が預かっていた義朝の姫を（敵に捕らえられるよりは）殺すよう命じられて引きかえし、姫を涙ながらに刺し殺した。