For the central government, however, the Hosokawa clan secured the political foothold in the Kinai region (the five capital provinces surrounding the ancient capital of Kyoto) and the Hatakeyama clan possessed the territories around the Kinai region.
しかし、中央においては細川氏が政治の拠点　畿内を抑え、畠山氏も畿内近辺に所領を有した。