On Katsumoto's reporting about this, Emperor Gotsuchimikado ordered him through messengers, Yoshinobu KIRA and Dainagon (chief councilor of state) Kimiharu SANJO, to clearly announce the name of busho while taking the western side and to expelling them.
勝元が後土御門天皇にこのことを奏上すると、天皇は大納言三条公春と吉良義信を使いとして勝元に対し、西軍与同の者の姓名を記し追放するよう命令する。