However, since Tomomori was a master of yumi (bow) like his father Tsunemori, hid grandfather Yoshimori, who needed his grandson's military prowess, sent Tomomori's uncle, Yoshinao WADA (Yoshimori's fourth son), to take Tomomori back from Suruga Province, which was halfway to Kyoto.
しかし、彼は父・常盛とともに弓の名手であったため、その武勇が必要だった祖父・義盛は、叔父・和田義直（義盛の四男）を遣わし、その中途の駿河国から連れ戻させてしまった。