When the Kenmu Restoration occurred after the fall of the Kamakura bakufu, Norikuni IMAGAWA, a grandson of Kuniuji, and his sons sided with the Northern Court of Takauji ASHIKAGA and distinguished themselves on the fields of battles and were appointed to shugo (military governors) of two provinces: Suruga and Totomi.
鎌倉幕府滅亡から建武の新政を経る頃には、国氏の孫である今川範国が子達を率いて足利尊氏の北朝に属し、各地で戦功を挙げた事により駿河国・遠江国2ヶ国の守護に任ぜられた。