Akikuni followed Akiie KITABATAKE, who was both the governor of Mutsu Province and the Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North), into the eastern provinces, fighting for the Southern Court in various battles there.
陸奥守鎮守府将軍北畠顕家に従い東国に下向、南朝方として転戦する。