Xavier believed that he could have an audience with the 'Japanese King' in Kyoto and was granted permission for the freedom to spread his missionary work across Japan, but Kyoto was in turmoil from war, the authority of the Asikaga Shogunate in ruins, and the Imperial Palace where Emperor Gonara resided was in ruins.
ザビエルは京で「日本国王」に謁見し、布教の許可を得れば全国での布教が自由になると考えていたが、京は戦乱で荒れ果て、足利幕府の権威は失墜しており、後奈良天皇が居住する御所も荒れ放題であった。