Kiyomori then resigned from politics, and his legitimate child, Shigemori, received in May, 1167, an Imperial order to serve as a protector of Tokai, Higashiyama, Sanyo, and Nankaido, and this event led him to announce both officially and privately that he was the successor to Kiyomori.
清盛は政界から引退し、嫡子・重盛は仁安2年5月宣旨により東海・東山・山陽・南海道の治安警察権を委任され、後継者の地位についたことを内外に明らかにした。