Furthermore, there were multiple adverse conditions concurrently in effect, including the Yowa Famine, and when the Taira clan army was completely defeated in the Battle of Kurikaratoge in 1183, the clan was exiled from the capital without being able to do anything about the attack by MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka.
しかも折からの飢饉（養和の大飢饉）という悪条件なども重なって、寿永2年（1183年）、倶利伽羅峠の戦いで平氏軍が壊滅した後、源義仲の攻勢の前に成す術無く都落ちする。