Moreover, when the Imperial Prince Kaneyoshi (also pronounced "Kanenaga"), the Emperor Godaigo's own son, was sent by the Yoshino Court (that is, the Southern Court) as seisei shogun (general who pacifies the west) on a military expedition to Kyushu, he entered the southern Kyushu and went to join forces with the Kikuchi clan.
さらに吉野朝廷は後醍醐天皇の皇子である懐良親王を征西将軍として九州へ派遣し、懐良は南九州へ入り菊池氏に迎えられる。