(It is said that Yoshimitsu was planning to make the authority of the Chrysanthemum Throne his own and his giving an important role to onmyoji was aimed at seizing the responsibility for religious services performed in the Imperial Court.)
（義満は、天皇家の権威を私せんと画策しており、彼の陰陽師重用は宮廷における祭祀権を奪取するためのものでもあったとする説もある。）