Anti-Taira-clan forces in Kinai were suppressed by Nanto Yakiuchi (the Incident of Heishi's army setting fire to the temples in Nanto), but the retired Emperor Takakura, who was suffering a worsening illness, died on January 14, 1180.
南都焼討により畿内の反平氏勢力はひとまず鎮圧されたが、翌治承5年（1180年）正月14日、容態が悪化していた高倉上皇が崩御する。