The Azuma Kagami says that Yoshinaka was only a 3-year-old infant when this occurred,[2] while the Heike Monogatari claims he was 2-years-old.

[3] After this, Yoshinaka's wet nurse fled with him to Kiso, where she requested her husband raise him, which he accepted.

Kasahara Yorinao, a powerful samurai from Shinano, under the Taira clan, planned to invade Kiso.

[7] The battle continued until sunset, when the Murayama side, outnumbered and low on arrows, sent a messenger to Minamoto no Yoshinaka camp for deployment of reinforcements and to inform him of the situation.

This led to the Battle of Yokotagawara [jp] in which Jou Nagamochi failed to achieve his objective.