In the next year (1181), Kiyomori immediately forfeited all the private estates and territory of Todai-ji Temple and Kofuku-ji Temple and reshuffled betto (the head secretary of a temple), Sogo (a monk of a managereal post) and other posts, and indicated a policy not to permit reconstruction of these temples.
年が明けて治承5年になると清盛は直ちに東大寺や興福寺の荘園・所領を悉く没収して別当・僧綱らを更迭、これらの寺院の再建を認めない方針を示した。