The Kamakura bakufu issued the order to subjugate the remnants of the Taira clan, to him as well as Tsuneyoshi YAMAUCHISUDO (a double-cross from the Taira clan), Kagekazu KATO (of Ise Province), and Mitsukazu KATO, and others.
鎌倉からは山内首藤経俊（平家方からの寝返り）や加藤景員（伊勢出身）・加藤光員らとともに平家の余党を討伐を命じられる。