Upon recovering from his critical illness, Yoriie was enraged to learn that the Hiki clan had been overthrown and killed and that Ichiman was dead, and he ordered Tokimasa subdued but by then, full power was in the hands of the Hojo clan and, on Masako's orders, Yoriie was removed from the position of Shogun, forced to join the priesthood and confined to Shuzen-ji Temple in Izu.
頼家は危篤から回復し、比企氏の滅亡と一幡の死を知って激怒し、時政討伐を命じるが、既に主導権は北条氏に完全に握られており、頼家は政子の命で出家させられて将軍職を奪われ、伊豆の修善寺に幽閉されてしまう。