Yoritomo didn't forgive Noriyori and insisted on the fact that naming himself as MINAMOTO no Noriyori using the Minamoto Family name in the letter was unmerited, and Noriyori was dismayed after he heard this.
しかし頼朝はその状中で範頼が「源範頼」と源姓を名乗った事を過分として責めて許さず、これを聞いた範頼は狼狽した。