As Rokuhara Tandai (an administrative and judicial agency in Rokuhara, Kyoto) fell, he laid siege to the Chihaya-jo Castle, held up in the Kofuku-ji Temple with Sadamune OSARAGI and Takanao OSARAGI brothers and continued the resistance.
しかし、六波羅探題が陥落したため、千早城の包囲を解き、大仏貞宗、大仏高直兄弟らとともに興福寺に篭り抗戦を続ける。