 It would be the youngest brother, Tamesada (為貞), who would turn out to successfully pass down the priesthood to his progeny.By the Kamakura period, the clan - now renowned as being both a priestly and a warrior clan - rose to national prominence as vassals ("gokenin") of the shogunate and later, flourished greatly under the patronage of the Hōjō clan.The clan's fortunes waned with the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and the defeat of the Southern Imperial Court (which the clan supported) during the Nanboku-chō period.