However, after receiving the Imperial decree to track down the Kamakura bakufu in Tanba, Takauji ASHIKAGA took the Imperial Court's side and helped Emperor Godaigo to start the Kenmu Restoration.
丹波で鎌倉幕府の追討宣旨を奉じ、足利尊氏が朝廷方に転じ後醍醐天皇の建武の新政に貢献した。