Tadamasa expects his nephew Kiyomori will save him, but Kiyomori kills his uncle, thinking if he kills his uncle, Yoshitomo also has to kill his father.
このうち忠正は甥の清盛が助命してくれることを期待していたが、清盛は自分が伯父を斬れば、義朝も父を斬らざるをえなくなるだろうと陰謀をはたらかせて自ら斬った。