Kiyomori's family line had been followers of the cloistered government for generations and Kiyomori had been diligently contributing to Goshirakawa as his follower.
清盛の家系は、代々院に仕えることで勢力を増してきたのであり、清盛も後白河の院司として精力的に貢献を重ねてきた。