When Takauji ASHIKAGA rose in revolt in the Kanto region, he charged forward through Tokai-do Road and fought ("Kutsuna Family's notes"), but was defeated and escaped to Saigoku (western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki)).
足利尊氏が関東地方において反旗を翻すと「大将軍」として東海道を進軍して戦う（『忽那家文書』）が、敗れて西走。