Although he had wielded power in the Kamakura bakufu, after Yoritomo's death he was expelled and was killed together with his family (the Incident of Kagetoki Kajiwara).
鎌倉幕府では権勢を振るったが頼朝の死後に追放され、一族とともに滅ぼされた（梶原景時の変）。