After the downfall of the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), when the revolt in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts arose, he named himself Doshu Nyudo Uemontaro TAKAHATA after his home village, Takahata-mura village, Hattori-go district.
鎌倉幕府滅亡後、南北朝時代(日本)の動乱が始まると、服部郷高畠村の地から高畠右衛門太郎入道道秀と名乗る。