| Since he was the great-grandson of Kiyomori, it was natural to send him to Kamakura to face decapitation, but he was dismissed due to a plead by Priest Mongaku shonin to spare his life and was exempted from execution, and his custody was passed over to Mongaku. |
清盛の曾孫に当たることから本来なら鎌倉に送られて斬首になるところであったが、文覚上人の助命嘆願があって処刑を免れ、その身柄は文覚に預けられることとなった。 |