The Rokkaku clan became divided, with Masataka and Masanobu (a son of Mochitsuna ROKKAKU), supported by the Kyogoku clan of northern Omi, joining the Eastern Army.
六角氏も、北近江の京極氏の力を背景に政尭、政信（六角持綱の子）が東軍につくなど分裂状態となった。