As the Owari no kuni (Owari Province) occupies an important place along the route connecting Kyoto and Togoku (the eastern part of Japan, particularly Kanto region), it can also be inferred that Yorimori was appointed as Owari no kami as a means of facilitating the apprehension of remnants of the Minamoto clan who might try to escape to Togoku.
尾張国は京都と東国を結ぶ交通の要衝に当たるため、頼盛が尾張守に任じられたのは、東国に逃れる源氏の残党を追捕するための措置だったとも考えられる。