Later, the Taira clan organized the various forces of the west and continued to battle, but at the final pitched battle at the Kanmon Channel in March 1185, (Battle of Dannoura), they lost to MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune's forces and the Taira clan administration ended in both name and actuality.
その後、平氏は西国の諸勢力を組織して戦争に当たっていたが、元暦2年（1185年）3月、関門海峡での最終決戦（壇ノ浦の戦い）で源義経軍に敗れて滅亡し、平氏政権は名実ともに消滅した。