However he did not get along with Zenshu UESUGI (Ujinori UESUGI), the Kanto kanrei (a shogunal deputy for the Kanto region) and Mitsutaka ASHIKAGA, his uncle and became opposed to them.
しかし関東管領であった上杉禅秀（上杉氏憲）や叔父の足利満隆と不仲で、次第に対立した。