Others believe he was a retainer of the Taira clan who served under MINAMOTO no Suesada, and fell in Shinohara in a battle against MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka in the Hokuriku region.
一説には平家の家人で源季貞の指揮下にあり、のち源義仲との北陸での戦いに参加して篠原で戦死したともいう。