After that, the life of his son TAIRA no Nobumoto and nephew Tokitada was full of ups and downs such that they escaped to the west with the Taira family in the Jisho-Juei War; being defeated in the war, they were captured and exiled.
その後、子の平信基や甥の時忠は治承・寿永の乱の中で平家一門とともに西走、敗戦の末捕えられ配流されるという波乱の生涯を送っている。