However, he virtually had no political power as a Shogun because his wet nurse, Imamairi no Tsubone, Suketo KARASUMA and Mochiie ARIMA, collectively known as the three devils, as well as Sadachika ISE, the steward of Shogun's family, and aides like the family of his official wife, Tomiko HINO, began their political interventions.
三魔と呼ばれる乳母の今参局・烏丸資任・有馬持家をはじめ、将軍家の執事であった伊勢貞親や正室・日野富子の実家の日野氏等の側近が政治に介入していき、将軍としての政治の実権は無いに等しい立場であった。