in 1180 he led the nakamura clan ' s troops including his eldest son and heir tohira kobayakawa to join an army raised by minamoto no yoritomo . 治承4年（1180年）、源頼朝が挙兵すると嫡男の小早川遠平ら中村一族を率いて参じている。
in addition , he send 100 ,0000 troops to shikoku against motochika chosokabe in shikoku by having his brother hidenaga hashiba to be a commander in chief and terumoto mori and takakage kobayakawa join an army . また、四国の長宗我部元親に対しても、弟・羽柴秀長を総大将として、毛利輝元や小早川隆景らも出陣させるという大規模なもので、総勢10万という大軍を四国に送り込んだ。
at the time of the battle of sekigahara , he was asked to join an army by mitsunari ishida on the condition that ' if you join an army as a general of the front side of the north provinces , i will make realize the revival of the rokkaku family and approve it as a main domain ' as well as to later give him all troops in the omi province , but he refused . 関ヶ原の戦いにおいては、近江の地盤固め策としてか、石田三成より「北国表の大将として参陣すれば、六角家の再興を叶えて本領を安堵する」との条件、後には近江一国の軍勢をすべてつけるという条件で誘われたが、これを拒絶する。
at the time of the battle of sekigahara , he was asked to join an army by mitsunari ishida on the condition that ' if you join an army as a general of the front side of the north provinces , i will make realize the revival of the rokkaku family and approve it as a main domain ' as well as to later give him all troops in the omi province , but he refused . 関ヶ原の戦いにおいては、近江の地盤固め策としてか、石田三成より「北国表の大将として参陣すれば、六角家の再興を叶えて本領を安堵する」との条件、後には近江一国の軍勢をすべてつけるという条件で誘われたが、これを拒絶する。
