Togoku Samurai under Yoritomo's command had strong independent spirit that they did not know a unity above a family and were defeated one by one in the battle, as they were impetuous for their own distinction, but Yoritomo had unified them as gokenin.
頼朝配下の東国武士団は独立心が強く、同族程度の団結以外に大きな一つの組織に結集する事を知らず、戦では個々の功名にはやって各個撃破されるような体であったものを、頼朝は御家人として一つにまとめ上げた。