At this time, Tsunemori and Norimori, his elder brothers by a different mother, were not Zuryo (the head of the provincial governors), leaving Yorimori next in status to Kiyomori within the family.
この時点では異母兄の経盛・教盛は受領ではなく、頼盛は一門の中で清盛に次ぐ位置にいた。