Afterwards, instead of Kiyomori, Iemori, who was a younger half-brother of Kiyomori, was appointed Hitachi no kuni no suke (Lord of Hitachi Province) and Uma no kami (a chief official of the Right Agency of Horse) and distinguished himself.
その後、清盛に代わり異母弟の家盛が常陸国介・右馬頭に任じられ頭角を現す。