As such, Mototada started his career as a performer in relatively smooth water, but when Takakuni HOSOKAWA was killed in a battle in 1531 and the authority of the shogun family became weaker, the Kanze-za which had strong links with the Bakufu for generations also got into trouble.
このように元忠は比較的順調に芸能者としての道を歩み始めたが、細川高国が享禄4年（1531年）に戦死し、将軍家の権威が低下すると、代々幕府と強く結びついてきた観世座も苦境に陥ることとなる。