During the Jokyu war, he took the side of the bakufu and joined the army of Tomotoki HOJO that advanced along the Hokuriku-do Road (article dated June 8, 1221, in "Azuma Kagami" [The Mirror of the East]).
承久の乱では、幕府方として北陸道を進軍した北条朝時の軍勢に加わった（『吾妻鏡』承久3年（1221年）6月8日(旧暦)条）。