On his way down to Kyushu, Yoshinao (Yorihisa) SHONI came to meet him at Akamagaseki, Nagato Province (present Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture), and he was supported by Ujinori MUNAKATA, the chief priest of Munakata Taisha Shrine in Munakata, Chikuzen Province.
九州への西下途上、長門国赤間関（山口県下関市）で少弐頼尚に迎えられ、筑前国宗像の宗像大社宮司宗像氏範の支援を受ける。