In 1180, at Toba in Kyoto, he intercepted the Ishikawa Party (Ishikawa-Genji (Minamoto clan)) at Kawachi, who tried to flee to the Kanto region, captured many of them, and totally destroyed their army together with TAIRA no Morizumi.
治承4年(1180年)　平盛澄とともに関東へ逃走を試みた河内の石川党(石川源氏)軍を京都鳥羽に迎撃し多くと捕らえて壊滅させる。