Moreover, the control of the Regents was waning, direct Imperial rule was resurging following Emperor Gosanjo ascending the throne, and influence amongst the Minamoto and Heike gradually reversed: parent and child in the Earlier Nine Years' War, subjugation in the Later Three Years' War, standing of class and military leaders, increasing wariness of the Imperial Court towards the deepening trust between regional warriors and MINAMOTO no Yoriie of the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan), and under the rule of Emperor Shirakawa relations gradually began to grow frosty.
さらに、摂関家の支配が弱まり、天皇親政が復活した後三条天皇以降、源平間の形勢は次第に逆転へと向かい、父と親子二代で前九年の役、後三年の役を平定し、武功と部門の棟梁としての名声、地方武士からの信頼ともに厚かった河内源氏の源義家に対する朝廷の警戒が強まり、白河天皇の治世下においては次第に冷遇されていくようになった。