Having been pardoned by amnesty due to the death of Yoshimasa's mother, Yoshitoshi tried to stage a comeback with the support of Norihiro OUCHI, the governor of Suo Province.
文正元年（1466年）9月、義政生母の死去による大赦で義敏が赦免され、義敏は周防の大内教弘の支援を得て巻き返しを図る。