On December 5, 1190, when MINAMOTO no Yoritomo went to the capital Kyoto, Taro SHO was the thirteenth in the leading unit following the commander (strangely, the name Taro also appears in the document as twenty-eighth in the following unit with armed force) and then, on April 21, 1195, Taro SHO was a member of the army following shogun at the time of the memorial service of MINAMOTO no Yoritomo in Todai-ji temple.
建久元年（1190年）11月7日、源頼朝の上洛に際し、先陣随将の13番として庄太郎の名があり（後陣随兵28番目にもなぜか庄太郎の名がある）、建久6年（1195年）3月10日、将軍頼朝公東大寺供養にも、御随兵として庄太郎の名が見える。