After Goshirakawa abdicated from the throne two years later in 1158, he started the cloistered government, there were incidents that happened when Kiyomori TAIRA stopped the cloistered government or when Emperor Takakura took control of the cloistered government during this period, however Goshirakawa was in the position of Chiten until he died in 1192.
後白河は2年後の1158年に退位すると院政を開始し、途中、平清盛による院政停止や高倉天皇院政などがあったものの、1192年（建久3年）に没するまで治天の地位にあった。