It was one of a series of military campaign called jisho-juei war aimed for subjugation of daishu (monks residing in the zendo ) belonged to these forces of temples and shrines (bhuddism ) which have kept taking defiant attitude against the taira clan government . 平氏政権に反抗的な態度を取り続けるこれらの寺社勢力に属する大衆_(仏教)の討伐を目的としており、治承・寿永の乱と呼ばれる一連の戦役の1つである。