After that, he made peace with Harumoto by making his first son Kennyo marry Nyoenni, an adopted daughter of Harumoto (the youngest daughter of Sadaijin (minister of the left) Kinyori SANJO. Her eldest sister married Harumoto and her second eldest sister married Shingen TAKEDA), and built rapport with the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) to mend the relationship with the central government and promote strengthening of the system of Hongan-ji Temple.
その後は晴元の養女如春尼（左大臣三条公頼の末娘。長姉は晴元に、次姉は武田信玄に嫁ぐ）を長男顕如の妻に迎えて晴元と和睦し、室町幕府とも親密な関係を築いて中央との関係修復に努め、本願寺の体制強化を進めた。