Although he went back to Kamakura after resigning from the Tandai (an administrative and judicial agency) position in February, 1293, he was ordered by the regent Sadatoki HOJO in April the same year to go to Kyushu with his army as the risk of a Mongol invasion increased with the foreign mission's visit the year before.
正応6年（1293年）1月、探題職を辞して鎌倉に帰還したが、前年の外交使節到来で再び元寇の危機が高まったため、同年3月、執権北条貞時の命を受け、軍勢を引き連れて九州に下向した。