Although samurai warriors who sided with Yoshitomo had to flee down to the eastern part of Japan upon Yoshitomo's defeat in this war, Kageshige and others including Toshimichi YAMANOUCHISUDO were killed in action at Rokujo-gawara riverbed, Kyoto, immediately before the Yoshitomo forces were defeated according to the description of "Heiji Monogatari" (The Tale of the Heiji War).
この乱で義朝に属した武士は東国落ちを余儀なくされたが、『平治物語』の記述によれば景重は義朝軍が敗退する直前に山内首藤俊通らと共に六条河原で討死したとされる。