In his later years, together with his child Naoaki, he left Kyoto and relied on his daughter's husband, Yoshifusa HATAKEYAMA and became a monk in Noto Province (or Kaga Province) with his priest name, Masaaki.
晩年は、子の尚顕共々、娘婿の畠山義総を頼り京を離れ能登国（または加賀国）で出家し、真顕と号した。