In 1185, MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune were opposed each other and when Yoshitsune received an imperial decree to search and kill MINAMOTO no Yoritomo from the Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa, his father Shigeyori also came to be regarded as an enemy by Yoritomo because Shigeyori was the father-in-law of Yoshitsune.
文治元年（1185年）、源頼朝と源義経が対立し、義経が後白河法皇から頼朝追討の宣旨を受けると、義経の舅にあたる父・重頼も頼朝から敵対視されるようになった。