However, during the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States), it was difficult to maintain rule over Kyoto in opposition to the Shogun without relying on the governing mechanism of the bakufu.
ところが、戦国時代(日本)における京都の支配は、将軍と対立し幕府政治機構に頼らないまま維持することが困難であった。