In his absence, MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo, MINAMOTO no Mitsuyasu, and MINAMOTO no Yorimasa were drawn into a trap by Nobuyori who had raised an army in Kyoto and then captured and beheaded Shinzei. (Heiji no Ran (Heiji Rebellion))
留守に信頼は源義朝、源光保、源頼政を誘引しては京で挙兵、信西を捕らえて斬首する（平治の乱）。