However, when Shigemori died in 1179, Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa dispossessed the Taira family of Echizen Province and Michimori was dismissed as the provincial governor.
ところが、治承3年（1179年）に重盛が死去すると、後白河法皇は越前国を取り上げ、通盛も国司を解任されてしまう。