With Yoshitsuna ASHIKAGA, the former shogun Yoshitane's adopted son and a younger brother of Yoshiharu on their side, Harumoto and Motonaga advanced to Sakai and governed the capital (Sakaikubo [the municipal government based in Sakai City]).
前将軍義稙の養子・足利義維（義晴の弟）を擁する晴元・元長は堺に進出し、京の支配を行う（堺公方）。