Yoshinori's legitimate son Yoshikatsu ASHIKAGA succeeded his father as the Seventh Shogun at the age of nine, but he died a sudden death in less than a year, and Yoshimasa, Yoshikatsu's immediate younger brother inherited the Shogun at the age of eight, supported by Kanrei Mochikuni HATAKEYAMA and others.
7代将軍に義教の嫡子足利義勝が9歳で将軍職を継いだが、僅か一年足らずのうちに急逝し、義勝の次弟である義政が管領の畠山持国らに推挙され、8歳で将軍職を継承した。