However, Yoshifuji's grandfather, Mochinaga KIRA ran away after Yuki War, because there was a rumor that he was close to Mochiuji ASHIKAGA, Kamakura Kubo, which showed that the latter Tojokira clan traditionally sided with the Kamakura Government (a regional government installed in Kamakura by the Ashikaga Shogunate but the relationship between the Ashikaga Shogunate and this regional government deteriorated later).
しかし、後期東条吉良氏（下吉良）は義藤の祖父吉良持長が鎌倉公方足利持氏との関係を噂され結城合戦後に出奔したことからもわかるように、伝統的に親鎌倉府の立場を採っていた。