After extending their influence, the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan) service of the Regents was not as it had been previously: they drifted apart from the Regents, who gradually lost support, and their influence waned.
ことに勢力を伸張させて以降、河内源氏は仕えていた摂関家に対する奉公も以前のようでなく摂関家と疎遠になりつつあったこともあり、次第に後ろ盾をなくし勢力を減退させていった。