Due to the achievements in the Heiji War and the death of Shinzei, who was the influential person in the faction supporting the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, the faction supporting the Emperor temporarily gained power after the War; however, Korekata was gradually removed from political life by the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa who was opposed to Korekata.
平治の乱における功績や、院政派の実力者信西の死去により、乱後天皇親政派は一時的に権勢を得るが、かねてより対立関係にあった後白河上皇によって次第に政治生命を狙われることとなる。