The 10th head, Takefusa KIKUCHI was called from the Kamakura bakufu to be Hakata to participate in Bunei War and Koan War, and fought against the army of Yuan leading the whole family and defeated the enemy.
10代菊池武房は文永の役・弘安の役に際して、鎌倉幕府から博多に召集され、一族郎党を率いて元(王朝)軍と戦闘を交え敵を討ち取った。