The difference in the official ranks of Shigemori and Munemori gradually got smaller; but, in December 1171, Shigemori was reappointed as the supernumerary chief councillor of state.
重盛と宗盛の官位の差は徐々に狭まっていたが、承安(日本)元年（1171年）12月、重盛は権大納言に還任する。