Although MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu inherited his family territory that had been passed down through generations since Mitsunaka, the principal members of the Minamoto clan, including Yorimitsu's younger brother MINAMOTO no Yorinobu, expanded their power in eastern Japan, marrying into the Kawachi-Genji clan, which served as the leader of all warriors in Japan, and thereby bringing prosperity to their descendants.
源頼光は、満仲伝来の本拠地を相続したが、その後武家源氏の主流は、頼光の弟の源頼信にはじまり東国へ勢力を扶植し、武家棟梁となった河内源氏のものとなり、子孫が繁栄した。