On their way, Yoshitomo and Masakiyo, as defeated soldiers fleeing the enemy, became targets of bandits but managed to arrive at the residence of Tadamune OSADA, Masakiyo's father-in-law and feudal lord of Utsumi no sho (manor), Noma, Owari Province.
途中、落ち武者狩りの苦難に遭いながら義朝主従は政清の舅である尾張国野間内海荘の領主長田忠致の館にたどり着く。