After the deaths of Takeshige and his brother Taketoshi, the Kikuchi clan's influence was stagnated, however, at the same time, the Imperial Prince Kanenaga, the son of the Emperor Godaigo who established the Southern Court (Japan) in Yoshino and moved there, came down to Kyushu as Seisei shogun (literally, "great general who subdues the western barbarians").
武重・武敏兄弟の死後、菊池氏勢力は沈滞の時期を迎えたが、吉野に南朝(日本)を建て移り住んだ後醍醐天皇の皇子懐良親王が、征西将軍として九州に下向した。