When the Onin War ended, Yoshinobu actively developed an association with court nobles including Masaie KONOE along with his father Yoshizane, so the name of Noshinobu frequently appeared in "Gohokoinki" (Diary of Masaie KONOE).
応仁の乱が終結すると、義信は父義真とともに近衛政家ら公家との交際を積極的に展開、政家の日記『後法興院記』に度々名前が表れる。