But when Yoritomo attacked the Fujiwara clan in Oshu (Mutsu Province), Goshirakawa issued the command to follow and kill the Fujiwara clan in Oshu, later on Yoritomo went to Kyoto and was reconciled with the Cloistered Emperor.
しかし、頼朝が奥州藤原氏を攻めると、事後承諾の形で奥州藤原氏追討の院宣を下し、後に頼朝は上洛して法皇と和解。