In order to escape the political upheaval arising from MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka's entrance into Kyoto, he soon left Kyoto in exile to the Kanto region following Yorimori, his father-in-law and Yoshiyasu ICHIJYO, his nephew.
程なくして、源義仲上京による政治的混乱を避けるため、舅の頼盛や甥の一条能保の後を追って関東に亡命した。