The heads of the shogunate including Yoshinori thought that because Daikaku-ji was a temple that had a relationship with the Southern Court and further, Kogakubo, Mochiuji ASHIKAGA was clearly anti-shogunate, Gisho escaped while allied with either of them, and the shogunate ordered to search for Gisho elsewhere across the Kinai area.
義教以下幕府首脳は大覚寺が南朝(日本)ゆかりの寺院であり、更に古河公方足利持氏も反幕府の動きを見せていたことから、義昭はそのどちらかと結んで出奔したと判断して畿内各地で捜索を開始した。