With continuously providing much support to the Ashikaga shogun family, he was appointed to Shobanshu (officials who accompany the Shogun) of Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA in 1563 and held close relationships, such as asking for mediation by the shogun family in reconciliatory negotiations with the Mori clan.
その後も足利将軍家には多大な援助を続け、永禄6年（1563年）には足利義輝の相伴衆に任ぜられ後に毛利氏との和睦交渉などにも将軍家の調停を依頼するなど関係は密であった。