His life was saved by Shigeto OGAWA when Haruhisa AMAGO killed members of Shingu-to, including his grandfather, Kunihisa AMAGO and his father, Sanehisa for a purge in 1554.
天文23年（1554年）、祖父の尼子国久、父の誠久ら新宮党が尼子晴久によって誅殺されたとき、小川重遠によって助けられる。