The family fought desperately, and while Sadato and others were killed at the northernmost fortress, Kuriyagawa no ki (also called Kuriyagawa no Saku, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture), Muneto and others surrendered and were saved from death, and taken to Kyoto by MINAMOTO no Yoshiie.
一族は奮戦し、貞任らは最北の砦厨川柵（岩手県盛岡市）で殺害されるが、宗任らは降服し一命をとりとめ、源義家に都へ連行された。