The Minamoto clan had quite a number of branches, and yet a great many of its most famous members, pillars of the warrior class and those who would come to be called Minamoto clan generals, trace their ancestry to none other than MINAMOTO no Yoriyoshi.
源氏一門は数多いが、武門の棟梁、源氏の大将と称される有力なもの、名流とされるものの多くはこの源頼義を祖としている。