During the Kenmu Restoration, he was pardoned, allowed to return to Hossho-ji Temple and appointed Daikanjin (position in charge of collecting donations for the temple) of Todai-ji Temple but worked for the Northern Court after the imperial line split into the Northern and Southern Courts.
建武の新政では罪を赦され法勝寺に戻り東大寺大勧進職に任じられたが、南北朝が分裂すると北朝側について活躍した。