The Kitabatake clan entered the war on the 'eastern' army side, but Noritomo, who was staying in Hasedera Temple at that time, did not participate in the war unfolded inside the capital, because Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA prohibited him from going to the capital.
この合戦で北畠氏は東軍についたが、教具は足利義政から上洛を許されず大和国長谷寺にいて洛中の戦闘には参加していない。