Kiyomori did not just look on with folded arms at the reopening of the cloister government by Goshirakawa, and had been taking various measures in quick succession, including dismissal of the In no kinshin and institution of kinai-sokanshiki (officer to keep peace in and around the capital), but he died on March 27, 1181.
清盛も後白河の院政再開をただ手をこまねいて見ていたわけではなく、院近臣の解官・畿内惣官職の設置など矢継ぎ早に対策を講じていたが、閏2月4日に死去した。