He went on expeditions himself and actively strived for the reform of the shogunate; he was surrounded by great anticipation as a 'famous lord,' but in his last years he left the shogunate's political affairs to some of his close advisers, like the brothers of Masatane YUKI and Hisatoyo YUKI, as well as Moriyuki NIKAIDO, and caused a weakening of the otherwise domineering shogun's power.
自ら遠征を行ない、積極的に幕府再建を目指し、周囲からも「名君」と期待されたが、晩年には結城政胤・結城尚豊兄弟や二階堂盛行ら一部の側近に幕政を任せてその専横と将軍権力の弱体化を招いた。