治承四年〈庚子〉四月小 九日　辛卯 入道源三位頼政卿、可討滅平相國禪門〈清盛〉由、日者有用意事然而以私計略、太依難遂宿意今日入夜、相具子息伊豆守仲綱等潜參于一院第二宮之三條高倉御所、催前右兵衛佐頼朝以下源氏等誅彼氏族、可令執天下給之由、申行之仍仰散位宗信、被下令旨而陸奥十郎義盛、〈廷尉爲義末子〉折節在京之間、帶此令旨、向東國、先相觸前兵衛佐之後、可傳其外源氏等之趣、所被仰含也義盛補八條院藏人〈名字改行家〉

[Jishō 4 fourth month 9th day](http://datetime.hutime.org/date/2152178). The lay priest^[Nyūdō, literally, "one who has entered the way," a title given to those who had taken the Buddhist tonsure but who had not actually joined or entered a monastery. It was fashionable among members of the titled nobility to become lay priests, usually after retirement from civil office.] and courtier, third rank, [Minamoto Yorimasa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yorimasa) had been planning for a long time to overthrow the lay priest and Chancellor [Taira Kiyomori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori). But realizing the difficulty of accomplishing this long-cherished ambition by his stratagem alone, he, together with his son Nakatsuna, the governor of Izu, secretly called this evening on Prince Mochihito, the second son of the ex-sovereign, at the [Sanjō-Takakura Palace](/dict/html/sanjo-takakura_palace.html) and urged him to join in the destruction of the Taira and to assume the rule of the country himself. He would be aided in the effort by Minamoto Yoritomo, the former assistant captain of the Military Guards, Right Division, and his followers of the Minamoto clan. The Prince instructed Munenobu, Scattered Rank, to issue a pronouncement rallying the country against the Taira. As Minamoto Jūrō Yoshimori, the youngest son of the imperial police Minamoto Tameyoshi, happened to be　in the capital, he was ordered to take the pronouncement to Yoritomo and to the other members of the Minamoto clan in the eastern provinces.　Yoshimori, appointed a private secretary to Hachijō-in, has changed his name to Yukiie.