The Imperial Court appointed TAIRA no Masasuke to the substitute Awa no kami, but he could not leave for the appointed province because he was in the middle of repeated fighting with TAIRA no Munetsune of the same clan.
朝廷は後任の安房守に平正輔を任じるが、平正輔は伊勢国で同族の平致経と抗争を繰り返している最中で任国へ向かうどころではなかった。