During the time of Shigeyori KAWAGOE, he was taken into the confidence of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and his daughter (Satogozen) became the wife of MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune however after the downfall of Yoshitsune, she was charged as an accomplice and sentenced to death.
河越重頼のとき源頼朝に重用され、その娘が源義経の妻（郷御前）となったが、義経没落の際には縁坐して誅された。