On March 25, Yoritomo also was captured, by TAIRA no Munekiyo, a retainer of TAIRA no Yorimori, and just when his execution seemed certain, Kiyomori's stepmother Ike no zenni intervened, successfully pleading for his life to be spared.
頼朝も2月9日平頼盛の郎等・平宗清に捕まりやはり処刑されるところを、清盛の継母・池禅尼の嘆願で助命された。