However, in Yoshiie's later years, MINAMOTO no Yoshichika, his second son, defied Chotei (the Imperial Court), which put Yoshiie in a difficult position, and then, Kawachi-Genji started to weaken.
しかし、義家の晩年に次男の源義親が朝廷に反抗したため義家は苦境にたたされ、河内源氏に陰りが見え始める。