TAIRA no Kiyomori countered by not moving the Dairi, personally supervising the construction of a Palace in time for the Niiname-sai festival (ceremonial offering by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice to the deities) in November and building the Hassho and other government offices in the following two years.
これに対して平清盛は、内裏は移建せず、11月の新嘗祭までに私的に皇居を造営し、2年後には八省などの役所もつくるという方針で構えた。