After Yoshinaka was defeated by the army led by MINAMOTO no Noriyori and Yoshitsune that was dispatched by Yoritomo, Yukiie returned to Kyoto after being invited by the emperor, in March 1184.
義仲が頼朝の派遣した源範頼・源義経の軍勢に討たれた後、行家は元暦元年（1184年）2月に院の召しによって帰京している。