When Emperor Komyo ascended the throne under Takauji ASHIKAGA, he was reinstated as Gon Chunagon (provisional vice-councilor of state) and later played an active role as a skilled administrative bureaucrat of the Northern Court.
足利尊氏によって光明天皇が擁立されると、改めて権中納言に任じられて、以後北朝(日本)の有能な実務官僚として活躍した。