For this reason, he was dismissed from seii taishogun, and was captured by Nagatoshi NAWA and Chikamitsu YUKI in the winter of 1334, for his plot to deprive the imperial throne along with the intentions of Emperor Godaigo.
このため、征夷大将軍を解任され、建武(日本)元年（1334年）冬、皇位簒奪を企てたとして、後醍醐の意を受けた名和長年、結城親光らに捕らえられた。