There was a possibility that Yoshifuji helped the uprising because Shigeuji ASHIKAGA, Koga kubo, a branch family of the Ashikaga clan that was in charge of the Kamakura Government, might have asked Yoshifuji to help the uprising.
古河公方足利成氏からの働きかけで義藤が一揆蜂起の支援をした可能性は無いとは言えない。