For a brief period of time, the Minamoto clan were commanded by imperial order to pursue the enemy Taira family (who had seized real power from the imperial court) and subsequently ordered to hunt down and kill the Taira family.
一時は源氏を朝敵に追いやり朝廷の実権を掌握した平家に対して、後に追討の宣旨が発せられた。