Under the Kenmu Restoration, he served as a bugyonin (government official) of the Zasso ketsudanjo (the Claims Court) in nanabankyoku (seventh office) that was in charge of Nankaido and followed Takauji's secession from the Restoration government
幕府滅亡後の建武の親政では雑訴決断所の奉行人、南海道担当の七番局を務め、尊氏の新政離反にも従う。