Yoshinaka, who temporarily gained the dictatorship due to this coup approached Motofusa of the Matsudono family who had been on the outside under Goshirakawa-insei (the government by the Retired Emperor Goshirakawa).
これにより一時的に独裁権力を獲得した義仲は、後白河院政の体制下で干されていた状態だった松殿家の基房と接近した。