Yoritomo, while he entrusted Yoshitsune and his other brother, MINAMOTO no Noriyori to take control of the expeditionary forces, decided to settle down at his home base in Kamakura to concentrate on the administration of Togoku (the eastern part of Japan).
頼朝は、義経ともう一人の弟の源範頼に遠征軍の指揮を委ねるようになり、本拠地の鎌倉に腰を据え東国の経営に専念することになる。