According to "Gyokuyo" (Diary of Kanezane KUJO), Tokiwa told Kamakura samurai that Yoshitsune was in Iwakura, Kyoto, but by the time they conducted a search, Yoshitsune had fled from Kyoto, leaving Buddhist monks behind to be captured by his enemies.
義経が岩倉にいると証言したので捜索したが、すでに逃げた後で房主僧のみを捕らえたとある（『玉葉』）。