As Jochi was running his territories such as Echizen and other provinces aggressively with support from Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, the eighth shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) and Takakage ASAKURA (the seventh head of the ASAKURA clan), Yoshitoshi made a complaint to the bakufu about Jochi's tyrannical behavior.
常治は、室町幕府8代将軍足利義政や、朝倉孝景(7代当主)などの協力を得て越前等の領国経営を押し進めたため、義敏は幕府にその専横を訴えた。