While Emperor Godaigo dispatched his princes to various places to rally the forces of the Southern Court throughout Japan, Yoshinori, along with Imperial Prince Muneyoshi, Chikafusa KITABATAKE and others, left for Oshu from Ominato in Ise province, but on the way, they were overtaken by a storm and broken up, and then Yoshinori returned to Yoshino.
後醍醐天皇が全国の南朝勢力を結集するため各地に自分の皇子を派遣する中、義良も1338年（延元3年/建武5年）に宗良親王や北畠親房らとともに伊勢国大湊から奥州へ向かうが、途中で暴風に遭い一行は離散し、義良は吉野に戻る。