Kagemitsu confessed that Yoshitsune was hiding at Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara and that Kagemitsu communicated with FUJIWARA no Norisue as a messenger of Yoshitsune ("Gyokuyo" [Diary of FUJIWARA no Kanezane]).
景光の自白により義経が奈良の興福寺に潜んでいたこと、義経の使いとして藤原範季と連絡を取っていた事が発覚する（『玉葉』）。