When MINAMOTO no Yorimasa of the Settsu-Genji (Minamoto clan in Settsu Province), who was the adopted father of his father, Nakaie, mobilized the army in 1180, he followed his father and was killed in battle by soldiers of Prince Mochihito along side Yorimasashu and Nakaie.
1180年、父の仲家の養父である摂津源氏の源頼政が挙兵すると、父と共にこれに従い、以仁王の挙兵において、頼政、仲家らとともに討死。