Chased by Masakado troops, he was attacked at the neighborhood of Shinano Kokubun-ji Temple in Chiisagata-gun, Shinano Province, which was under the control of Masakado, but he managed to escape.
将門勢力下の信濃国小県郡の信濃国分寺付近で追撃を受けるも脱出に成功。