It was at this time that under the orders of the Kurododokoro (Chamberlain's Office), Haruzane and MINAMOTO no Mitsunaka, the son of the above mentioned Tsuibushi (Constable) and Daizu-fu undersecretary MINAMOTO no Tsunemoto (the founder of Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan)), commanded a group of samurai and protected the capital.
その際、蔵人所の命により、前記追捕使、大宰府の次官であった源経基（清和源氏初代）の子、源満仲とともに武士団を率い都を警護する。