According to an article of January 8, 1185 in "Kikki" (A Diary of Tsunefusa YOSHIDA), the court nobles were afraid of the surviving Taira family warriors and asked Yoshitsune, who was about to proceed to Shikoku to pursue the Taira clan, to stay on in Kyoto, but Yoshitsune responded as follows:
『吉記』元暦2年（1185年）正月8日条によると、平家の残党を恐れる貴族達は、四国へ平家追討に向かう義経に都に残るよう要請するが、義経は次のように答えた。