As an infant shogun had continued for two generations, Yoshikatsu and Yoshimasa, the Imperial Court and influential Shugo daimyos (Japanese territorial lord as provincial constable) had involved in shogunate administration and the dignity of the shogun had started to waver remarkably.
義勝・義政と幼少の将軍が2代続いたことから、朝廷や有力守護大名の幕政への関与が続き、将軍の権威が大きく揺らぎ始めることになった。