He later raised an army in honor of Imperial Prince Takayoshi and Prince Giyu, but his footholds fell one after another to the massive reinforcement army of 30,000 men from the Muromachi bakufu side led by Mochikuni HATAKEYAMA and Katsumoto HOSOKAWA.
その後尊義親王・義有王を奉じ兵を挙げるが、室町幕府方の援軍畠山持国・細川勝元らが率いる3万の大軍に次々と拠点を落とされる。