The Tenga no noriai incident (the incident of Motofusa in the Palace) was a famous episode that supposedly showed Kiyomori's cruel personality, but Kiyomori's retaliation against Motofusa MATSUDONO was a fictional episode in "Heike Monogatari," it was Shigemori who actually took cruel revenge, and according to 'Gyokuyo" and "Hyakurensho," Kiyomori in fact exhibited apologetic behavior toward Motofusa.
清盛の非道を示す有名なエピソードである「殿下乗合事件」は、清盛が松殿基房に報復したというのは平家物語のフィクションであって、実際には非道な報復を行ったのは重盛であり、『玉葉』や『百錬抄』の記述によれば清盛はむしろ基房に謝罪的な行為を示したと言われる。