After Sutoku's defeat, the protection of Tadazene, who fled to Nanto (the City of Nara) with Tadazane's relatives Jinpan and Sengaku, provoked suspicions from the Chotei (the Imperial Court) to take up arms.
上皇方が敗北した後は、南都に逃れてきた忠実を尋範・千覚らとともに守護し、朝廷から挙兵の疑いをかけられたという。