Yoshinaka, afraid of Yoritomo's menace, tried to get the Monk-Emperor's decree to search and destroy Yoritomo and also tried to go to the North with the Monk-Emperor in response to the Heishi clan's regaining strength, but all requests were rejected.
頼朝の脅威を恐れる義仲は、頼朝追討の院宣を得ようとしたり、平氏が勢力を盛り返したのを受けて法皇を伴って北国行きを計るも拒否される。