TAIRA no Yorimori, who had been scrambling to act as an intermediary between Goshirakawa and Yoritomo, had already escaped ("Hyakuren sho" and "Gyokuyo," entry of December 13), and pro-shogunate Yoshiyasu ICHIJO and Motoie JIMYOIN defected to Kamakura one after another.
後白河と頼朝の橋渡しに奔走していた平頼盛はすでに逃亡しており（『百錬抄』『玉葉』10月20日条）、親鎌倉派の一条能保・持明院基家も相次いで鎌倉に亡命した。