Although the Prince Mochihito's plan to overthrow the Taira clan was not successful, some Minamoto clan raised the army from some parts of Japan after receiving the Prince's order, for example; MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka, and this lead to destruction of the TAIRA clan.
以仁王自身の平氏追討計画は失敗に終わったが、彼の令旨を受けて源頼朝や源義仲など各国の源氏が挙兵し、これが平氏滅亡の糸口となった。