Then, tracing back Yoritomo's ancestors, Kawachi Genji that began with MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu's younger brother, MINAMOTO no Yorinobu, and that continued with Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie, came to be viewed as the direct descendants of the Minamoto clan.
そして頼朝の先祖を遡及し、源頼光の弟の源頼信にはじまり、頼義、義家と続く河内源氏を源氏嫡流と見るようになったのであろう。