In 1390, under the order of Seii Taishogun (commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians) Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, he and his father-in-law Ujikiyo YAMANA defeated Tokiyoshi's sons Tokiteru YAMANA and Ujiyuki YAMANA.
明徳元年（1390年）、征夷大将軍足利義満の命により舅の山名氏清とともに時義の子の山名時煕・山名氏幸を討った。