In those days, monks residing in the zendo and warrior monks, who often went to the capital Kyoto for strongly making pleas, had such great strength that the Taira clan tolerated the power of influence of the temples in Nanto and Mt. Hiei.
この当時、たびたび上洛、強訴しようとする南都の大衆、僧兵の力は強く、平氏も南都北嶺の影響力に頭を悩ませていた。