Although the sect supporting Goshirakawa's cloister government was regaining power, feeling uneasy about Goshirakawa's behavior and personality, Kiyomori did not wish for restoration of the cloister government.
後白河院政派は次第に勢力を盛り返していたが、清盛は後白河の行動・性格に不安を覚え、院政復活を望まなかったという。