On July 22, 1353, when he served as Samurai-dokoro no tsukasa (officer of the Board of Retainers) and was guarding the Emperor Gokogon and Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA who had been forced out from Kyoto and were escaping to Higashi-omi (eastern Omi), he was attacked by Sadasuke HORIGUCHI, who was the remnant of the Nitta clan, at Mano no ura near Katata and was killed in the battle.
正平8年/文和2年（1353年）6月13日、侍所司を務めており、南朝に京を追われ東近江へと逃れる後光厳天皇、足利義詮らを守っていた際に、堅田近くの真野浦にて、新田氏の残党である堀口貞祐に襲われ、戦いの末に討たれた。