He was defeated again in Suma Province during the Battle of Muroyama against an army led by Tomomori TAIRA and Shigehira TAIRA, and lost against Kanemitsu HIGUCHI, who had been dispatched by Yoshinaka; thereafter, his whereabouts became unknown.
播磨国で平知盛・平重衡軍との室山の戦いでまたしても敗北を喫し、さらに義仲が派遣した樋口兼光にも敗れて行方不明となった。