MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi, the child of Yorinobu, defeated Abe clan (Oshu), the head of barbarians who thrived in Okuroku District, Mutsu Province in Zen Kunen no Eki (the Early Nine Years' War), and his child, MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, suppressed the internal discord of Kiyohara clan, the head of barbarians who thrived in Dewa (Gosannen no Eki (the Later Three Years' War)), thereby increasing his reputation.
頼信の子、源頼義は前九年の役にて陸奥国奥六郡に蛮拠する俘囚長　安倍氏(奥州)を討ち、その子、源義家は出羽の俘囚長、清原氏の内紛を治め（後三年の役）、声望を高めた。