However, it is known that Tameyoshi was developing his own ideas for reviving the fortunes of the Minamoto clan, which, because of concerns about their future, had been declining due to too many offspring produced and adopted and scattered across the country.
また、一族の将来を慮り多くの子供をつくり、養子や猶子も多く、彼らを全国に配置して衰退していた源氏を盛り返そうと為義なりに考えていたことはわかっている。