In the following year, however, Takatada's lord Mochikiyo died from disease and he took Mochikiyo's posthumous child Masataka KYOGOKU under his wing and while temporarily having an advantage over the forces including Takakiyo KYOGOKU, Masamitsu KYOGOKU, Takayori ROKKAKU and Munenao TAGA, in 1472, Takatada retreated and fled to Echizen Province with Masataka KYOGOKU.
ところが、翌年に主君・持清が病死、遺児である京極政高を庇護して京極高清、京極政光、六角高頼、多賀宗直らの勢力に一時優勢を保つも文明4年（1472年）敗走、京極政高と共に越前国へ逃れる。