The punishment handed down to the Minamoto clan is so severe that five younger brothers (including Yorikata) and even four children who haven't celebrated their coming of age yet (including Otowaka) are killed.
源氏に対する処断は過酷を極め、頼方たち弟５人、またいまだ元服さえ迎えていない乙若ら４人の幼子たちまでも処刑することになる。