The battle started at the Taikenmon gate (one of 12 gates of the palace), where a timid Nobuyori came under attack from TAIRA no Shigemori (progeny of Kiyomori) and crumbled at once, but Yoshihira rushed to the scene, whereupon the Minamoto and Taira combatant heirs engaged in fierce fighting time and time again.
合戦が始まり、待賢門では臆病な信頼が清盛の嫡男の平重盛に攻められてたちまち崩れるが、義平が駈けつけ源平の嫡男同士が激戦を繰り返えす。