At the meeting of the Genji clan on December 12, an idea was put forth that they should depart to the front in the Kanto region, setting Goshirakawa up as the lord ("Gyokuyo," entry of December 13), and on December 19, an order to hunt down and kill MINAMOTO no Yoritomo was given to monk-soldiers of Kofuku-ji Temple ("Gyokuyo," entry of December 19).
19日の源氏一族の会合では後白河を奉じて関東に出陣するという案が飛び出し（『玉葉』閏10月20日条）、26日には興福寺の衆徒に頼朝討伐の命が下された（『玉葉』閏10月26日条）。