| Though he was initially minded to take the side of Kagekatsu UESUGI together with Kagenaga YAMAYOSHI and others in Kiba-jo Castle during the Otate War, he participated in the war on the side of Kagetora UESUGI together with Hidetsuna HONJO, a castellan of Tochio-jo Castle. |
御館の乱に於いては当初は木場城の山吉景長らと共に上杉景勝方に付く動きを見せたが、栃尾城主の本庄秀綱と共に上杉景虎方として参戦。 |