This armed conflict was meant to magnify the Kawachi-Genji clan's power and influence and spread it into Mutsu Province, but after the fighting, Yoriyoshi failed to be renamed governor of Mutsu Province, instead being appointed governor of Iyo Province by the court, which forced him to return to the capital and leave control over Mutsu firmly in the hands of the Kiyohara clan.
この戦乱は陸奥への河内源氏勢力拡大のためのものであったが、頼義は戦後朝廷より伊予国守に叙任されて陸奥守への再任に失敗し、清原氏に陸奥の支配権を譲る形で帰京。