MINAMOTO no Yoshiie fought against the Dewa Kiyohara clan in Go Sannen no Eki (Later Three-Year Campaign) and won, but Chotei (Imperial Court) did not approve the grant of honors because Chotei considered it was private warfare.
源義家は後三年の役で出羽清原氏と戦って勝利したが、朝廷は私戦として論功行賞を認めなかった。