Seeing this series of upheavals as a great opportunity, Yoshioki OUCHI of Suo conspired with the former shogun, Yoshitane ASHIKAGA, who had become a samurai without a position, and thereby advanced into Kyoto.
ところが、この一連の政変を好機と見た周防の大内義興は、流れ公方となっていた前将軍・足利義稙を擁して上洛を開始する。