In the same year, when local samurais of Noto Province staged an uprising and held up fighting in Arayama Castle by the instigation of Kagekatsu, Morimasa headed for a rescue in response to a demand by Toshiie MAEDA and beat the Uesugi army stationed at the back of the castle.
さらに同年、能登国の地侍が景勝の扇動により蜂起して荒山城に籠城した際、前田利家の要請に応じて救援し、城の後詰に来ていた上杉軍を討った。