It was Sadatoki who ordered to kill Tokimura, and to do so, Sadatoki moved, on the previous day, to the residence of Morotoki HOJO, his close associate, from Sannai-tei near to Meigetu-in Temple and Jochi-ji Temple in Kita (north)-Kamakura, and succeeded in killing Tokimura.
時村の誅殺を命じたのは貞時であり、そのために貞時は前日に北鎌倉明月院・浄智寺近辺の山内亭から側近の北条師時の屋敷に移り、時村の誅殺に成功する。