Yoshikane, as the new head of the Kawachi Ishikawa-Genji (Minamoto clan), led his uncles Yoshihira KONDO and Yoshisuke NIJO and threw himself wholeheartedly into a do-or-die defensive action, causing the attacking Taira army tremendous trouble.
義兼は河内石川源氏の棟梁として、叔父の紺戸義広・二条義資らを率いて決死の防戦に努め、平家方を散々にてこずらせた。