Despite having formed a powerful force at the Imperial Court, after 3 generations, hardly any of this line were high-ranking aristocrats, and they had no choice but to make a meager living as mid- or low-ranking aristocrats or to take jobs as provincial administrators, becoming indigenized warriors.
朝廷において一大勢力を形成した嵯峨源氏も、3代目以降で上級貴族であり続けた例はほとんどなく、中下級の貴族として細々と生きるか、受領として地方に赴任し、その地に土着して武士となり新境地を開くしかなかった。