Yoritomo had been spending days as a local Samurai and was deeply embraced at the reizan (sacred mountain) of the region, such as Hakone gongen (sacred mountain) and Soto gongen, and never neglected sutra chanting to condole on death of MINAMOTO no Yoshitomo, dead father, and Minamoto clan.
この地方の霊山である箱根権現、走湯権現に深く帰依して読経をおこたらず、亡父源義朝や源氏一門を弔いながら、一地方武士として日々を送っていた。