On arriving at the capital, he and a few cavaliers including Noriyori, Yoshitsune, Shigeyori and Shigefusa hurried to Rokujodono where Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa was under house arrest.
都に入り、範頼・義経・重頼・重房他数騎で後白河法皇が幽閉されていた六条殿に駆けつけた。