On July 21, Kiyomori went to Gion-sha shrine, and there, his vassal and a lower-ranked Shinto priest who disapproved of the vassal's weapon had a fight, and an arrow shot by the vassal accidentally hit the holy shrine (Gion-toran-jiken (the Gion Brawling Incident)).
この年6月15日、清盛は祇園社に赴くが郎等の武具を咎めた神人と小競り合いとなり、郎等の放った矢が宝殿に当たるという事件が発生した（祇園闘乱事件）。