Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa passed away in 1192, and Kanezane issued Senge, making Yoritomo a Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians"), and performed reconstruction work in Nara; what seemed to be the most flourishing time of the political life of Kanezane came but lasted a short time.
建久3年、後白河法皇が崩じ、この機に頼朝に征夷大将軍を宣下し、奈良の復興事業を実施するなど、兼実の政治生活では一番実り多い時期が到来するが、それも長くは続かなかった。