He joined the campaign of MINAMOTO no Noriyori and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune to search out and destroy MINAMOTO no Yoshinaka, perishing the army of Kiso clan at the Battle of Uji-gawa River in 1184; then he participated in the exterminating war against the Taira clan and continued fighting until the decisive Battle of Dannoura on April, 1185.
元暦元年（1184年）、源義仲を追討するための源範頼・源義経軍に参加、宇治川の戦いで木曽軍を討滅した後、平氏追討軍に参加、文治元年（1185年）3月の壇ノ浦の戦いまで戦う。