Connected with Koshi SHIBUKAWA, a lawful wife of Yoshiakira, he sometimes confronted Yoriyuki over a conflict between local clans and shugodai (deputy military governor) in the territory of Echizen and became a force of the anti-Yoriyuki group.
義将は義詮正室の渋川幸子とも結び、越前の所領において国人と守護代との騒動などから頼之と対立することもあり、反頼之派の勢力となる。