Omi shugo (the Governor of Omi Province) the Rokkaku clan, who had belonged to the West squad led by Sozen (Mochitoyo) YAMANA in Onin-Bunmei Wars, also wrested shoen (private estates) in the province and territories of the trusted vassals of the Shogun Yoshihisa, thereby explicitly showing a rebellious attitude towards the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
乱において山名宗全（持豊）率いる西軍に属した近江守護六角氏もまた、国内の荘園や将軍義尚近臣の所領を押領し、幕府への反抗の態度を露骨に表していた。