He had also served, along with KO no Moronao, as a steward to Takauji; however, he sided with Tadayoshi at the outbreak of the Kanno Disturbance, fighting against Takauji and Moronao.
高師直とともに尊氏の執事を務めていたこともあるが、観応の擾乱が勃発すると直義方につき尊氏・師直と戦った。