However, following Shigemori's ascension to Sa-daisho (chief general of Sakon-e-fu), Munemori was reappointed and also appointed to the vacant post of U-daisho (chief general of Ukon-e-fu) in January 1177.
しかし、翌安元3年（1177年）年正月に重盛が左大将になったことに伴い、還任して空席となった右大将に任じられた。