As Kumano belief was popular among the Retired Emperors and their close aides in the cloister government period, the Emperor Toba issued a few years later innocho kudashibumi (a letter issued by innocho, the retired Emperor's office) prohibiting the intervention of kokushi (provincial governor) as well as imposition of koso (public tax).
院政期には太上天皇や院近臣の間で熊野信仰が盛んであったことから、数年後に鳥羽天皇は院庁下文を発して国司の妨害や公租を禁じた。