In reality, back then, there was Higashiyama-dono (Yoshimasa) as opposed to Muromachi-dono (Yoshihisa), and the policymaking government seemed to have been split into two bodies.
現に当時、室町殿（義尚）に対し、東山殿（義政）と呼ばれ、政治の決定機関がふたつに分裂していたようである。