This caused a dispute concerning the next heir, and the bakufu ordered Takanori to act as conservator until Kamejumaru came of age, and appointed him Omi no kuni Shugo (Military Commissioner of Omi Province), a position which had been held for generations by the Rokkaku clan.
このため跡目争いが生じ、高詮は幕府から、亀寿丸が成人するまでの後見役を命じられ、六角氏が代々務めていた近江国守護へと任じられる。