When the army of bakufu invaded in Kyoto, Shigetada hurried to the Imperial Palace along with FUJIWARA no Hideyasu and Taneyoshi MIURA and others for the last battle, but the gate of the Imperial Palace was firmly closed and the Retired Emperor Gotoba literally turned them away at the door.
幕府軍が都へ乱入する中で、重忠は藤原秀康、三浦胤義らと最後の一戦をすべく御所へ駆けつけるが、御所の門は固く閉じられ、上皇は彼らを文字どおり門前払いした。