Kiyomori was selected to be one of the dancers at the Iwashimizu-rinji-matsuri festival in March, and the reins of his horse were attached by an attendant of Nai-daijin (Minister of the Center), MINAMOTO no Arihito, who was said to be an adopted child of the Gion no nyogo; therefore, it is believed that the Gion no nyogo served as a guardian of young Kiyomori while he was growing up.
清盛は3月に石清水臨時祭の舞人に選ばれるが、清盛の馬の口取を祇園女御の養子とされる内大臣・源有仁の随身が勤めていることから、幼少期の清盛は祇園女御の庇護の下で成長したと思われる。