After the Northern and Southern Courts were established, he was pardoned by the Southern Court (Japan) in Yoshino and fought against Ashikaga's forces as a member of the forces of the Nitta clan and Akiie KITABATAKE.
南北朝成立後は吉野の南朝(日本)から朝敵免除の綸旨を受けて南朝に従い、新田氏や北畠顕家の軍などに属して足利方と戦う。