However, when Yoshitane (Yoshiki) ASHIKAGA, who was away in Suo Province, and Yoshioki OUCHI came to know about these internal conflicts, Yoshioki summoned the daimyo in Kyushu and Chugoku regions and headed to Kyoto with them.
ところがこのような内紛が周防国に逃れていた足利義稙（義材）や大内義興のもとに知らされると、義興は九州・中国の諸大名を動員して上洛を開始したのである。