On November 8 (leap October 15 under the old lunar calendar), Yoshinaka, who feared Yoritomo's going to Kyoto, wished for an order to search for and to kill Yoritomo when he returned to Kyoto after being defeated in the battle to search for and kill the Taira clan, but it was not granted.
閏10月15日、頼朝の上洛を恐れる義仲は、平氏追討の戦いに敗れると京に戻り、頼朝追討の命を望むが許されなかった。