Minamoto no Tameyoshi, head of the Minamoto clan, and Taira no Tadamasa sided with Sutoku and Yorinaga while on the other hand Minamoto no Yoshitomo, first son of Minamoto no Tameyoshi, and Taira no Kiyomori, head of the Taira clan and nephew of Taira no Tadamasa, sided with Go-Shirakawa and Tadamichi.
Sutoku was banished to Sanuki province of Shikoku, FujiwaranoYorinaga was killed in battle, and Minamoto no Tameyoshi and Taira no Tadamasa were executed.
Minamoto no Yoshitomo became head of the Minamoto after the death of his father and together with Taira no Kiyomori, succeeded in establishing the two samurai clans as new political powers in Kyoto.
Minamoto no Yoritomo was the eldest son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, the heir of the Minamoto (Seiwa Genji) clan, and his official wife, Fujiwarano Saneori, who was a member of the illustrious Fujiwara clan.
The cloistered Emperor Toba and his son Emperor Go-Shirakawa sided with the son of Fujiwara regent Fujiwarano Tadazane, Fujiwarano Tadamichi as well as Taira no Kiyomori (a member of the Taira clan), while Cloistered Emperor Sutoku sided with Tadazane's younger son, FujiwaranoYorinaga.
Fujiwarano Michinari and Fujiwarano Tadamichi were executed, while the palace of Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa was burned down by the Taira.
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