Although it would appear that Yorimori's position had become stable, it is presumed that he had become isolated in the Imperial Court in view of the fact that he abandoned the capital prior to the outbreak of the Battle of Hoju-ji Temple, and accepted hospitable treatment in Kamakura, provoking the antipathy of Goshirakawa in no kinshin.
頼盛の地位は安定したかに見えたが、法住寺合戦を前に京都から逃亡したことや鎌倉の厚遇を受けたことは、院近臣からの反発を招く結果となり、朝廷内で孤立化したと推測される。