Once Kiyomori brought Kyoto under his military control he dismissed and banished Motofusa MATSUDONO (Kanpaku, chief adviser to the Emperor), removed from office 39 anti-Taira kuge and trusted vassals, confined Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa in Toba-dono Palace and put an end to government by the retired emperor (Coup of the Third Year of Jisho).
清盛は京を軍事的に制圧すると、関白・松殿基房を罷免して追放、39名に及ぶ反平氏公卿・近臣を解官、後白河法皇を鳥羽殿に幽閉して院政を停止した（治承三年の政変）。