Additionally, on October 11, he told Yoritomo through Kagetoki KAJIWARA that he wanted Yoritomo to allow him to serve as a gokenin (an immediate vassal of the shogun in the Kamakura and the Muromachi periods) in recognition of his work in destroying Toshitsuna and bringing his head.
9月16日、さらに梶原景時を通じて「俊綱を斬って首を持参した賞により御家人として頂きたい」と頼朝に伝えた。