In particular, the Yorinobu family line in the Kawachi-Genji clan availed itself of this important position from generation to generation, starting with Yorinobu who handed the role to his son MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi from whence the role passed to his grandson MINAMOTO no Yoshiie.
殊に頼信の家系である河内源氏は頼信をはじめ、子　源頼義と孫源義家に至るまでこの重職に叙せられていた。