However, the Miyoshi clan was plagued by the continued internal strife between the three men and Hisahide MATSUNAGA, while the Asakura clan was preoccupied with fighting Ikko Ikki (mobbing by mainly peasants faithful to the Ikko sect of Buddhism), both unable to think about sending their Shogun candidates to the capital.
だが、三好氏は三人衆と松永久秀の内紛が続き、朝倉氏は一向一揆対策に追われて上洛どころではなかった。