After the banishment of Mochiuji from Kamakura, he joined the Mochinaka ASHIKAGA troops as an assistant and headed for Musashi Province to attack the samurai warriors of the Mochiuji side, but was defeated and returned back to Kamakura.
鎌倉から持氏を追放したのち、持氏派の武士を討伐するため出陣した足利持仲の補佐として武蔵国へ向かったものの破れ、鎌倉へ引き返した。