Subsequently, under Shogun Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA, Harumoto continued fighting with Nagayoshi MIYOSHI with the support of Harumoto remnants including Motonari KOZAI and Masakatsu MIYOSHI and the anti-Miyoshi forces in the Kinai (countries near Kyoto) including Yoshikata ROKKAKU and Takamasa HATAKEYAMA, however, he suffered a series of defeats, and reconciled with Nagayoshi in 1561 through the intervention of Yoshikata.
その後、晴元は将軍・足利義輝を擁し、香西元成や三好政勝などの晴元党の残党や六角義賢や畠山高政など畿内の反三好勢力の支持を受け三好長慶と争うが、敗北し続け、永禄4年（1561年）に義賢の仲介を受けて長慶と和睦する。