Around that time the affairs of the Yamana and Ouchi clans of the Chugoku region were in disorder, while the influence of the Southern Dynasty such as Prince Kanenaga was intact in Kyushu.
この頃には中国地方の山名氏や大内氏などが向背定まらず、九州地方では懐良親王などの南朝勢力は健在であった。