The deteriorated relationship between Sadataka and Yoshiteru was never repaired, which led Sadataka to such difficulties that as Hisahide MATSUNAGA who served Nagayoshi emerged, Sadataka gradually lost his prestige.
しかし、義輝との関係は修復できず、また、長慶の家臣である松永久秀が台頭するようになると、貞孝は次第に立場を失うようになっていった。