However, Takakage fled with Tokiyuki HOJO to Mutsu Province where the Hojo clan owned its shoryo (territory), and they were harbored by Michisaga SOGA, a miuchibito (private vassals of Tokuso family) by the end of 1333 when Takakage rose in rebellion at Daikoji-jo Castle in Northern part of Oshu (Northern Honshu, the region encompassing Mutsu and Dewa Provinces).
しかし、高景は北条時如と共に北条氏の所領があった陸奥国へ逃れ、御内人であった曽我道性に匿われて同年暮れに奥州北部の大光寺城に籠もって反乱の兵を挙げた。