However after gaining the appointment in such a forceful way, Shungyo could not gain the confidence of the priests of Mt. Hiei and he was chased from Mt Hiei immediately upon the death of Yoshinaka in February, 1184.
しかし強引な就任をした俊尭は比叡山の衆徒からは信望を得ることはできず、元暦元年（1184年）1月、義仲が敗死するとすぐさま比叡山を追われた。