During the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), Tadatsugu MATSUDONO (Motofusa's great-great grandson) advanced to the post of Junior Chief Councilor of State, but drifted away to the Yoshino Court just as the family name was about to be restored.
そして南北朝時代(日本)の松殿忠嗣（基房からみて玄孫）の代に権大納言に昇って家名復活の兆しが出てきたその矢先に、忠嗣は吉野朝廷側へ離反してしまう。