After the system of cloistered government was ended by what is known as the 'Coup of the Third Year of Jisho' in 1179, Myoun was once again appointed Tendai Zasu and promoted to the rank of Daisojo (highest rank of a Buddhist monk) in 1182.
治承3年（1179年）、いわゆる「治承三年の政変」で院政が停止されると座主職に再任され、寿永元年（1182年）には大僧正に任じられた。