Although Yoshitane did not have any sons, he fled to Awa accompanied by Yoshitsuna, a son of Yoshizumi, the former Shogun and Yoshitane's opponent, whom he adopted as his son and after Yoshitane's death, Yoshitsuna came into conflict with his older brother Yoshiharu, who had succeeded to the Shogunate, causing another power struggle between the Yoshitane faction (Yoshitane, Yoshitsuna, Yoshihide and Yoshisuke) and the Yoshizumi faction (Yoshizumi, Yoshiharu, Yoshiteru and Yoshiaki).
義稙には息子がなかったが、前将軍で対立者でもあった義澄の子・足利義維を養子として阿波に伴ったため、義稙の死後、義維は将軍職を継いだ兄の足利義晴と対立し、義稙流（義稙・義維・義栄・義助）と義澄流（義澄・義晴・義輝・義昭）に分かれ、新たな戦乱の火種となった。