However, even after this time, the Kawagoe clan remained in top positions in the vassals of the Kamakura Shogunate and were active as powerful busho (Japanese military commander) until the Muromachi period.
しかしその後も河越氏は依然として鎌倉幕府御家人の上位に位置し、室町時代に至るまで、有力武将として活躍した。