The Imperial Court appointed MINAMOTO no Yoshinobu of Kawachi Genji, who once had TAIRA no Tadatsune as his retainer, to Kai no Kami (Governor of the Kai Province) and ordered Yorinobu to put down the revolt.
過去に平忠常を家人としていたことのある河内源氏の源頼信を甲斐守に任じて討伐を命じた。