Meanwhile, the shogun Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA, who was playing a puppet of Nagayoshi, took advantage of Nagayoshi's death, asked Kenshin UESUGI, Shingen TAKEDA, Yoshikage ASAKURA and other daimyo who had been close to Yoshiteru to go to Kyoto, and began to aggressively act for the restoration of the bakufu.
一方、長慶の傀儡として君臨していた将軍・足利義輝は長慶の死を好機と見て、かねてから親密な関係にあった上杉謙信・武田信玄・朝倉義景など諸大名に上洛を呼びかけ、幕府再興を目指して積極的な活動を行なうようになった。