When the Taira family was exiled from Kyoto in 1183, he directed the people of Bungo Province such as Koreyoshi OGATA to search out and conquer the Taira clan in accordance with the command from the retired emperor.
寿永2年（1183年）に平家が都落ちすると、豊後国人緒方惟栄らに対し、院宣に従い平家を追討するよう指示。