The anti-Taira clan forces gained enough power in the Enryaku-ji Temple, which was close to the Taira clan, to cause civil war, causing events to become unpredictable.
さらに親平氏の延暦寺でも反平氏勢力が台頭して内部紛争が起こるなど、情勢は予断を許さないものになった。