After Yoritomo's death, Masako HOJO, Yoritomo's wife, and Yoshitoki HOJO led the shogunate administration, and excluded powerful gokenin including the Wada clan, and then suppressed the Imperial Court and anti-Hojo force by keeping a rein on gokenin at the Jokyu War.
頼朝の死後は頼朝室の北条政子や北条義時が幕政を主導し、和田氏などの有力御家人を排斥し、また承久の乱においても御家人を統率して朝廷や反北条勢力を抑えた。