However Yoritomo could not be appointed to Seii taishogun, the position he desired earnestly as a symbol of a Togoku ruler, instead, he was requested to be appointed to Dainagon (chief councilor of state), to which he declined, and returned to Rokuhara after having an audience with Emperor Gotoba.
しかし、東国の支配者の象徴として頼朝が熱心に希望していた征夷大将軍に任官できず、代わりに大納言への任官を求められるが、頼朝は辞退し、後鳥羽天皇への拝謁を終えると六波羅に戻る。