We cannot know how Yorimori viewed the quick promotion of his nephew; however, in 1164, when Kiyomori dedicated 33 scrolls of the soshokukyo ("Heike Nokyo" (sutras dedicated by the Taira family) to Itsukushima-jinja Shrine, Yorimori, Shigemori, Tsunemori, and Norimori all took part in copying the sutra.
頼盛が甥の急速な昇進をどのように見ていたかは知る由もないが、長寛2年（1164年）、清盛が装飾経33巻（『平家納経』）を厳島神社に奉納した際は、重盛・経盛・教盛らとともに書写に携わった。