In 1181, he went down to the Kyushu District with TAIRA no Morizumi, and defeated Takanao KIKUCHI, Koreyoshi OGATA, and so on, who went over to the enemy side, together with Tanenao HARADA who lived there.
治承5年(1181年)　平盛澄とともに九州に下向し、寝返った菊池隆直、緒方惟義らを在地の原田種直とともに討伐。