While Enryaku-ji Temple demanded the exile of FUJIWARA no Morotaka, the governor of Kaga Province, Morotaka's father Saiko, suggested that Goshirakawa punish Myoun, Tendaizasu (The chief priest of Enryaku-ji Temple), and the feud between the retired emperor and Enryaku-ji Temple became increasingly severe.
延暦寺が加賀守・藤原師高の流罪を要求して強訴を起こしたのに対して、師高の父・西光は天台座主・明雲の処罰を後白河に進言するなど、院と延暦寺の抗争は激化していた。