After Yoshimasa let Sadachika ISE return to his former position in the intercalary month of October 1468, the war situation changed as Katsumoto lent his support to Yoshihisa and Sozen started to support Yoshimi.
応仁2年（1468年）閏10月、義政が伊勢貞親を復職させると、勝元は義尚を、宗全が義視を支持する立場に変わるなど、戦況も変わってゆく。