According to "Hyaku Ren Sho," the brothers took samurai with them and attacked the Cloistered Emperor's party; Takaie and the samurai pierced the Cloistered Emperor's sleeve with an arrow, before killing and beheading two young children in his party.
兄弟は武士を連れて法皇の一行を襲い、隆家と従者の武士は法皇の衣の袖を弓で射抜き、更に花山法皇の童子二人を殺して首を持って行ったと『百錬抄』にある。