Therefore, the area that was requested by Yoritomo to be covered by the decree had included the whole area under Yoshinaka's military occupation at that time, namely the Kinai region (the five capital provinces surrounding the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto) including Kyoto, but there is no doubt that the Kinai region was excluded from the decree at the time of the exclusion of the Hokurikudo, according to KOUCHI.
よって、頼朝の要請した対象地域には現在義仲が軍事的に占領している全地域すなわち京都を含めた畿内一帯も含まれていたが、北陸道の除外によって畿内も当然除外されたとする。