Kiyomori had rapidly implemented a series of measures, such as establishing the post of Kinai Sokanshiki (officer to keep peace in and around the capital), to which he then appointed Munemori, transferring Antoku on March 11 to Yorimori's residence newly built in Hachijo, claiming that the move was "for the sake of safety" (see the entry for April 10 in the fifth year of the Jisho era in the "Kikki" (a diary of Tunefusa YOSHIDA)); however, he died on March 27 in 1181.
清盛は畿内惣官職を設置して宗盛を任じ、2月17日には「警衛のため」（『吉記』治承5年4月10日条）という理由で安徳を八条に新造された頼盛邸に遷すなど、矢継ぎ早に対応策を講じていたが、閏2月4日に死去した。