Around 4 o'clock the next morning, Kanezane KUJO, Udaijin (chief of Dajokan) realized this fact, but it took Munemori until eight o'clock before he noticed.
翌朝4時頃には右大臣の九条兼実でさえこの事を知っていたが、迂闊にも宗盛が気づいたのは8時ごろであった。