Yoshitsuna's oldest son MINAMOTO no Yoshihiro and second son MINAMOTO no Yoshitoshi committed suicide by throwing themselves into a valley, his third son MINAMOTO no Yoshiaki was named the ringleader in the death of Yoshitada and died in battle while being hunted down, his fourth son MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka jumped into a fire and was burned to death, his fifth son MINAMOTO no Yoshinori did seppuku (committed suicide by disembowelment), and his sixth son MINAMOTO no Giko (源義公) committed suicide.
長男源義弘・次男源義俊は谷に身を投げて投身自殺し、三男源義明は義忠殺害の張本人とされて追っ手に追われて戦死、四男源義仲(曖昧さ回避)は火に飛び込んで焼身自殺、五男源義範は切腹、六男源義公は自害、という様相であった。