After her son, Emperor Antoku's enthronement, she was called 'Kokumo' (Emperor's mother), her glory was short, not long after Kiyomori died from illness, and the Taira family was attacked by the Minamoto clan and they escaped from the city, and they roamed about the sea.
子の安徳天皇の即位後は国母と呼ばれるが、栄華は短く、やがて清盛は病死し、源氏の攻撃に追われて平家は都落ちし、海上を流浪する。