He was dispatched as the bakufu-recognized Kanto Kubo (the Governor-general of the Kanto region), but he could not enter Kamakura and stayed in Horigoe, Izu Province because Shigeuji ASHIKAGA who stood against the bakufu in those days had big influence there.
幕府公認の関東公方として派遣されるが、当時幕府と敵対状態にあった足利成氏の勢力が強大なため鎌倉に入ることができず、伊豆堀越に逗留した。