However, the pro-Taira clan government, retired Emperor Takakura died in the midst, and subsequently Kiyomori himself also died on March 3, 1181 due to misterious high fever.
ところが、その最中に親平氏政権派の高倉上皇が死去、続いて2月4日(旧暦)（1181年3月20日）には清盛自身も謎の高熱を発して死去。