Yoritomo departed Kamakura once again to kill Hideyoshi SATAKE, and reached Hitachi kokufu (the provincial office of Hitachi Province under the ritsuryo system) on November 29 (November 4 under the old lunar calendar).
佐竹秀義を討つべく再び鎌倉を発し、11月4日に常陸国府へと至る。