In 1180, when MINAMOTO no Yoritomo raised an army, he also raised an army in response to that in Ishikawa County, Kawachi Province, the home ground of his ancestor Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan); his army fought against the armies of MINAMOTO no Suesada and TAIRA no Morizumi dispatched by TAIRA no Kiyomori in Uji City and suffered a crushing defeat.
治承四年（1180年）に源頼朝が挙兵すると、それに呼応し、先祖の河内源氏の本拠地の河内国石川郡で挙兵したが、平清盛が派遣した源季貞、平盛澄の軍に宇治市で戦い大敗。