During this time, incidents occur one after another and tensions in both camps are heightened, such as when MINAMOTO no Chikaharu is captured by TAIRA no Motomori, who is on the side of Goshirakawa, and the priest Shoson of Miidera Temple is captured, having tried to invoke disaster upon Goshirakawa at the request of Yorinaga.
そんななか、崇徳に味方しようとした源親治が後白河方の平基盛によってとらえられ、また、頼長の依頼によって後白河を調伏しようとした三井寺の僧侶勝尊が捕らえられるなどの事件が相次ぎ、両陣営の緊張は高まっていく。