In the twelfth month of 1209, an incident occured in which he had a dispute with TACHIBANA no Kiminari, a gokenin (shogunal retainer) who was staying at an lodging directly opposite his own, over his wife; this dispute threatened to escalate into a duel, but the issue was resolved with the help of a mediator, Tokifusa HOJO who was sent by order of the Seii taishogun (literally, the "great general who subdues the barbarians") MINAMOTO no Sanetomo.
承元3年（1209年）12月、宿所を相対する御家人橘公業と妻女を巡った争論から合戦へと発展しかけ、征夷大将軍源実朝の命によって駆け付けた北条時房の仲介により事を収めるという騒ぎがあった。