Goshirakawa's other close vassals included FUJIWARA no Narichika (FUJIWARA no Ienari's third son) and MINAMOTO no Moronaka, who joined the Insei (cloister government) faction and began making military preparations.
後白河の近臣としては他にも、藤原成親（藤原家成の三男）や源師仲が加わり院政派の陣容も整えられた。