There was conflict between Goshirakawa and Munemori from the beginning because, although the reopening of the cloister government was acknowledged, the Taira clan still held military power through the Sokan system (system of officer to keep peace in Kinai) left by Kiyomori before his death.
このように院政の再開は認めても、清盛が生前に残した惣官体制により軍事的な権限は依然として平氏が掌握していたため、後白河と宗盛の間には当初から不協和音が生じていた。