In December 1169, armed priests of the Enryaku-ji Temple made a petition for deportation of FUJIWARA no Narichika, who was an older brother-in-law of Shigemori and also the head of his own chigyokoku, Owari Province.
嘉応元年（1169年）12月、延暦寺の大衆が、重盛の義兄で尾張国の知行国主・藤原成親の流罪を求めて強訴を起こした。