With the weight of the Taira's great economic and military might behind him, Kiyomori firmly established the (high) position of the warrior clans at court; in 1160 he was named Sangi (councillor), marking the first time a warrior had been raised to such a high and lordly (Giseikan) rank at court.
清盛はその経済力・軍事力を背景に朝廷における武家の地位を確立して、永暦元年（1160年）、参議に任命され、武士で初めて公卿（議政官）の地位に就いた。