For some time after that, Yoshinobu continued to work for the Muromachi bakufu, but in January and February of 1499, he pretended to be sick and stopped working for the bakufu, and thereafter until 1501, he stayed in his residence for three years.
この後も義信はしばらくの間、幕府出仕を続けるが、明応7年（1498年）12月に至り病と称して出仕を止め、以後明応10年（1501年）までの3年間屋敷に引き篭っていた。