At the Toi invasion in 1019, Morochika was kidnapped by Toi's ship with his mother, wife, sister, aunt, followers and many others; but he broke free from the ship by himself on the ship's way back home.
寛仁3年（1019年）刀伊の入寇の際に、諸近は、母、妻、妹、伯母、従者などと共に刀伊の賊船に連れ去られてしまうが、賊船が帰る途中に一人で脱出に成功する。