However, an opinion of a mere warrior like Yoshinaka could not be accepted, and in order to restrain Yoshinaka a few divinatory readings were performed; as a result the Imperial Court enthroned Shinomiya (Emperor Go-Toba), a son of Emperor Takakura and a brother of Emperor Antoku.
しかし一介の武士に過ぎない義仲の意見が受け入れられるはずもなく、朝廷では義仲を制するため御占が数度行なわれた結果、8月20日に高倉天皇の皇子で安徳天皇の弟四之宮（後鳥羽天皇）を即位させた。