Soon after entering Kyoto, Yoshitsune took as his spouse a daughter of TAIRA no Tokitada, who was once served as a substitute of In no Miumaya no Tsukasa, a military pillar to support the Taira clan's cloistered government and later was a captive as a member of the Taira family.
義経は入京直後、かつて平氏が院政の軍事的支柱として独占してきた院御厩司に補任され、平家の捕虜である平時忠の娘を娶った。