In April, 1333, he defended the attack on Rokuhara by Takauji ASHIKAGA and Enshin AKAMATSU, who went over to Emperor Godaigo's side at Shinomuranosho in Tanba Province; however, Rokuhara Tandai (the office of shogunal deputy in Kyoto placed by the Kamakura bakufu) fell to the enemy.
元弘3年（1333年）4月、丹波国篠村庄で後醍醐天皇側に寝返った足利高氏・赤松円心らの六波羅攻撃を防いでいたが、六波羅探題は陥落。