Thereafter, he issued an order to recruit an anti-bakufu force, and moved from the Totsu-kawa River, Yoshino, Mt. Koya fighting against the bakufu army with Norisuke AKAMATSU, Yoshiteru MURAKAMI, and others for two years.
以後、令旨を発して反幕勢力を募り、赤松則祐、村上義光らとともに十津川、吉野、高野山などを転々として2年にわたり幕府軍と戦い続けた。