Kudō Suketsune

[4][5] Suketsune was deeply angered over these events and ordered the assassination of Sukechika.

In October 1176, a group of thugs attacked Sukechika, who was hunting in Okuno, Izu Province with his son Kawazu Sukeyasu.

At midnight on June 28, the final day of the hunting event, two brothers, Soga Sukenari and Tokimune, broke into the building where Suketsune and two prostitutes were resting.

Ōtōnai, a shinkan of Kibitsu Shrine in Bizen Province, was also killed in the incident.

After the turmoil, Yoritomo questioned Soga Tokimune and considered saving his life, but Suketsune's son Inubusamaru (later Itō Suketoki) cried pleading for justice, and Yoritomo changed his mind and had Tokimune executed.