That made Yoritomo extremely angry, but his wife, Masako HOJO, supported the feelings of Shizuka by saying, "If I were she, I would have sung a song in the same way" and spared her life.
と義経を慕う歌を唄い、頼朝を激怒させるが、妻の北条政子が「私が御前の立場であっても、あの様に謡うでしょう」と取り成して命を助けた。