For those achievements, he was appointed one of Shisiki (director generals of Samurai-dokoro) and participated in the government of the shogunate, however, in the period of the sixth shogun Yoshinori ASHIKAGA, he gradually became opposed to the shogunate as he refused gubu (to attend shogun at events), and was even kept away from the government for some period.
その功績により、四職の一人となって幕政に参与したが、6代将軍足利義教の代になると、供奉を放棄するなど次第に対立し、一時は幕政から遠ざけられた。