The tenth Shogun, Yoshitane ASHIKAGA, was forced to resign by Kanrei (shogunal deputy) Masamoto HOSOKAWA, and following shoguns became mere nominal figureheads with no practical authority and unable to maintain the title of Shogun without the support of powerful daimyos.
第10代将軍・足利義稙（義稙）は管領の細川政元によって将軍職を追われ（明応の政変）、以後の将軍は実権を奪われて名目的存在となり、有力大名の支持なくしては将軍の地位さえ保てなくなった。