Takauji entered Kyoto and chased Emperor Godaigo, Yoshisada NITTA fled to the Hokuriku region with Imperial Prince Tsuneyoshi placed as Emperor and died in battle at Fujishima of the Echizen Province attacked by ASHIKAGA troops in 1338, and "Taiheiki" makes a description of Koto no naishi at around that time as in the following: Koto no naishi, who parted from Yoshisada NITTA at Imakatata beside Lake Biwa and spent days sadly in Kyoto, was invited by Yoshisada NITTA and started for Hokuriku, but at Somayama (present Najo Town, Fukui Prefecture), she knew that he had died in a battle and became a (female) priest seeing his head hung on a prison gate.
尊氏が上京して後醍醐天皇を追い、新田義貞は恒良親王らを奉じて北陸地方へ逃れ、足利軍の攻勢により1338年に越前国藤島で戦死するが、『太平記』においては、琵琶湖畔の今堅田において別れ、京にて悲しみの日々を送っていた勾当内侍は新田義貞に招かれ北陸へ向かうが、杣山（福井県南条町）において新田義貞の戦死を知り、獄門にかけられた新田義貞の首級を目にして落飾して比丘尼になったと描かれている。