However, in 1550 when he fought in Tawarayama of Kawakami-sho, Takashima county with Takashima Ecchu no kami (Governor of Ecchu Province) from the Takashima clan, who was the head family of the Kutsuki clan, he died in the war.
しかし、1550年、朽木氏の本家である高島氏の高島越中守と高島郡河上荘俵山で戦い、戦死した。