However, he was defeated by Takauji, who came from Kamakura to fight, in the Battle of Hakone and Takenoshita (Oyama Town, Sunto County, Shizuoka Prefecture), and he fled to Kyoto via Owari Province.
しかし、鎌倉から出撃した尊氏に箱根・竹ノ下の戦い（静岡県駿東郡小山町）で撃破され、尾張国に敗走した後、京へ逃げ帰る。