In 1331, he joined the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) army during the Genko War in which the Emperor Godaigo escaped from the dairi (imperial palace), and raised an army in Mt. Kasagi, and also joined the Rokuhara tandai (agent of the Kamakura bakufu stationed in Rokuhara, Kyoto) army and closed in on Sanmon Higashi Sakamoto, and took on the care of Ichinomiya (first prince), Imperial Prince Takayoshi [Takanaga] who was captured.
元弘元年（1331年）、後醍醐天皇が内裏を脱出して笠木山に挙兵した元弘の乱では鎌倉幕府方に従い鎮圧に加わり、六波羅探題軍に加わり山門東坂本に攻め寄せており、捕縛された一宮尊良親王を預かっている。