On January 7, 1184, Goshirakawa secured the cooperation of the Enryaku-ji and Onjo-ji Temples, gathering armed monks and stone-throwing rogues, and reinforced Hojuji-dono Palace by guarding it with a moat and fences.
16日になると、後白河は延暦寺や園城寺の協力をとりつけて僧兵や石投の浮浪民などをかき集め、堀や柵をめぐらせ法住寺殿の武装化を進めた。