The conflict between Emperor Goshirakawa and the In Kinshin became apparent, all the sudden, after Shigeko died, since the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa's government was established after Emperor Takakura's succession to the throne, whose government consisted of an allied government made up of the Taira Samurai family, the Tosho House of the Taira clan, and the In Kinshin, and they all had the different political interests.
高倉天皇即位によって成立した後白河院政は、武門平氏・堂上平氏・院近臣という互いに利害を異にする各勢力の連合政権といえる形態をとっていたため、滋子の死により、今まで隠されていた対立が一気に表面化することになった。