When the disturbance of Northern and Southern Court began, he supported Takauji ASHIKAGA along with Sadahisa SHIMAZU, the fifth family head of the Shimazu Soke family, in the beginning.
南北朝時代(日本)の乱が起きると、当初は島津宗家5代当主の島津貞久とともに足利尊氏に協力していた。