Therefore, Munemori tried to restrain Yoritomo and MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka by appointing FUJIWARA no Hidehira in Oshu to Mutsu no kami (chief of Mutsu Province) and Suketomo JO to Echigo no kami (chief of Echigo Province).
そのため宗盛は奥州の藤原秀衡を陸奥守に、城助職を越後守に任じて頼朝や源義仲を牽制する。