Yoshitune, who killed Shoshin TOSANOBO in return, went up to the Cloister Emperor Goshirakawa's palace with his uncle MINAMOTO no Yukiie and asked for the cloister government's decree to hunt down and kill Yoritomo.
義経はこれを返り討つと、10月13日に後白河法皇の御所に参院し叔父・源行家と共に頼朝追討の院宣を要請。