Motofusa could not resist against the military force of Kiyomori, and was dismissed from his position as the anti-Taira clan kugyo (court noble) and was demoted to Dazai no gon no sochi (provisional governor-general of the Dazai-fu, in present day Kyushu).
清盛の軍事力の前に基房ごときが抗することができるはずもなく、直ちに反平氏的公卿と見なされて解官されたうえ、大宰権帥に左遷される。