Upon returning to Kyoto, Kiyomori helped Emperor Nijo escape from the Dairi (Imperial Palace) to Rokuhara. He then received from the Emperor a written order to hunt down and kill FUJIWARA no Nobuyori and MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo.
京都に戻った清盛は二条天皇を内裏から六波羅に脱出させ、藤原信頼・源義朝の追討宣旨を受ける。