However, Kenmu Government issued an order to track down and kill Takauji, and dispatched an led by Yoshisada NITTA serving as Daishogun (command-in-chief) to carry out this order, forcing Takauji to live in seclusion in an effort to be pardoned.
しかし、建武政権から尊氏追討令が出、新田義貞を大将軍とする追討軍が派遣されるや、尊氏は赦免を求めて隠棲する。