At that time, Masamoto HOSOKAWA had little interest in attending to government affairs, being deep into Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism called 'Shugendo'; therefore, the Hosokawa-Keicho family administered the shogunate government by senior vassals, taking counsel together called 'uchishu.'
当時、細川政元は修験道に凝って政務を顧みることが少なくなったため、細川京兆家は「内衆」と呼ばれる重臣の合議によって幕政を運営していた。