Later, he sheltered and protected his grandchild Chikahiro who sided with Kyoto, in his house at Yoshikawa, as Chikahiro lost in Jokyu war and escaped to Sagae.
その後、承久の乱で京方に与して敗れた孫の親広が寒河江に落ち延びると、これを吉川の館に匿い保護したとされる。