Takamasa HATAKEYAMA started to exercise improved discipline among kokujin ryoshu (local samurai lords), and united powerful warlords such as Munefusa YASUMI and Naomitsu YUKAWA to compete with Nagayoshi MIYOSHI.
畠山高政は国人領主の統制を整え、安見宗房、湯川直光などの有力諸将を纏め上げ、三好長慶に対抗した。