In July 1181, at the time of completion of the framework for the Hoden (treasure house) of Tsurugaoka-wakamiya Shrine, Yoritomo ordered Noriyori and Yoshitsune, his younger paternal half-brother to gather horses that were to be given to the Daikigashira (construction prefect) with other gokenin (immediate vassal of the shogunate in the Kamakura and Muromachi through Edo periods).
養和元年（1181年）7月、鶴岡若宮宝殿上棟の際、頼朝は範頼と同じく異母弟にあたる源義経に、大工頭に馬を賜るために御家人とともに馬引きをさせる。