Yoshimasa strengthened the power of the shogun taking advantage of the coup, as with his father who took advantage of Joji Incident, and eventually led Muromachi bakufu to its height of power by defeating the Toki clan, the Yamana clan, and the Ouchi clan.
義満が政変を利用して将軍権力を強めていくのも父の貞治の変と同工異曲であり、やがて土岐氏・山名氏・大内氏を討った義満は、室町幕府の最盛期を築くこととなる。