At this time the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, who was expected to go into exile from the capital, escaped secretly to Mt. Hiei-zan, where Yoshinaka had marched in, on the day before his planned exile.
この時、都落ちに伴うはずだった後白河法皇は前日になって、密かに義仲が進軍している比叡山に逃げてしまう。