In 1338 he was ordered by Chikafusa KITABATAKE to go from Ominato in Ise Province (Ise City, Mie Prefecture) to the provincial capital of Mutsu Province (Ryozen-machi, Date-gun, Fukushima Prefecture) together with Imperial Prince Noriyoshi/Norinaga, however their boat was stranded and washed ashore at Totomi Province (west of Shizuoka Prefecture), after that he stayed with the Ii clan, who was the powerful clan of the Iinoya Domain.
1338年（暦応元年/延元3年）には、義良親王とともに北畠親房に奉じられて伊勢国大湊（三重県伊勢市）より陸奥国府(福島県伊達郡霊山町)へ渡ろうとするが、座礁により遠江国（静岡県西部）に漂着し、井伊谷藩の豪族井伊氏のもとに身を寄せる。