In a later period, in the time of Motomichi MATSUDA, he assumed his post as Shoshidai (deputy governor of the Board of Retainers) in the capital in Kyoto in 1522 under the reign of Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA, but he died at the Battle of Tennoji in 1531along with his colleague Muramune URAGAMI.
時が下り、松田元隆の代には、足利義晴のもと大永2年（1522年）京の都で侍所室町幕府に就任するなどしていたが、享禄4年（1531年）、天王寺合戦で味方の浦上村宗とともに討死。