Because Mitsunao ASHIKAGA, head of Sasagawa Gosho (an administrative organization for governing Tohoku regions settled by the Kamakura bakufu in the Muromachi Period) was supporting the Kyoto side, the Shionomatsu clan acted as the liaison with Kyoto and arranged accommodation for envoys from the Shorgunate.
篠川御所足利満直は京都方であったので、京都との取次ぎ及び幕府の使者の宿泊は塩松氏が行っていた。