His grandfather, TAIRA no Kiyomori, was furious, saying that he should have fought to death even if he ended up exposing his body to the enemy and that running back home as a loser was a shame of the clan, and forbade him from entering Kyo.
祖父・平清盛は維盛の醜態に激怒し、なぜ敵に骸を晒してでも戦わなかったのか、おめおめと逃げ帰ってきたのは家の恥であるとして維盛が京に入る事を禁じた。