After Yoshikane, Kintsura's father, had often been fighting against TAIRA no Masakado, his male cousin, Yoshikane won the battle and took Masakado's wife and children as hostage to Kazusa Province.
父良兼らが従兄弟の平将門と度々争い、勝利して将門の妻子を捕らえ上総に拉致した。