However, Tsunetada KONOE (Sadaijin (minister of the left of Dajokan) as a chief adviser to the Emperor in the Southern Court), who was supporting the Southern Court independently, attempted to lead a network of Warriors of Fujiwara clan group in the Togoku (the eastern part of Japan) using the status of the leader of the Fujiwara clan.
しかし、南朝方に従った近衛経忠（南朝の関白左大臣）が藤氏長者の立場で独自に東国の藤原氏系武士団の統率体制を組もうとした。