In August 1486, when Obama, Wakasa Province, which had been Yoshinao's fief, was given to Kuninobu TAKEDA according to the wishes of the imperial palace, Yoshinao went down to Tango Province to protest it and did not join the attack against Takayori ROKKAKU by Yoshihisa ASHIKAGA in 1487 and sent his son, Yoshihide, instead.
文明18年（1486年）8月、禁裏の意向により義直の知行地である若狭国小浜が武田国信に与えられると、抗議のため丹後へ下向、翌長享元年（1487年）の足利義尚による六角高頼攻めにも参陣せず、代理に子の義秀を参陣させた。