Even with the official documents, however, the provincial governors hesitated to battle against the Taira family: in fact, as the substantial governors in the provinces that received the official documents were from the Taira family, the official documents did not have any effect.
しかし、各地の国司は官符を受けても平一族と争うことを躊躇して動くこともなく、また官符が出された国々の実質統治者は平一族当人らである為に、何の効果もなかったと思われる。