It is ironic that Kiyomori's policy was adopted by his enemy, the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), in a milder form, such as protection of the Zen and Nenbutsu sects that did not hold any priest soldiers.
皮肉なことにこの政策は敵である鎌倉幕府に僧兵を擁しない禅宗や念仏宗の保護といった穏健化した形で受け継がれていく。