Sympathizing with Yoritaka as another bereaved child of the Minamoto clan, Yoritomo treated Yoritaka very well, even allowing him to take better seat in a meeting than Tsunetane, who had followed and supported Yoritomo devotedly with a large force.
頼朝は頼隆が源氏の孤児であることに温情を示し、大軍を引き連れて随身した常胤よりも上座に据えるなどの厚遇を施したという。