The strained relation between the Taira clan and Kofuku-ji Temple was subsided to a certain degree after the Taira clan's Emperor visit to Fukuhara; however, when Daishu, monks residing in Onjo-ji Temple and Kofuku-ji Temple assisted the uprising of Omi-Genji (Minamoto clan) in offense and defense in Omi Province at the end of this year, the Taira clan led by TAIRA no Shigehira attacked and set fire to Onjo-ji Temple on December 11 and finally took aim at Kofuku-ji Temple.
平氏と興福寺の緊張関係は平氏の福原行幸後に一定程度緩和されていたが、この年の末に近江攻防で園城寺・興福寺の大衆が近江源氏らの蜂起に加勢し、それによって平氏は12月11日に平重衡が園城寺を攻撃して寺を焼き払うと、いよいよ矛先は興福寺へと向くことになる。