Therefore, Norimune became a member of Samurai-dokoro (the Board of Retainers) for the Muromachi Bakufu (Shogunate) and handled practical business affairs when Masanori AKAMATSU was assigned as a Shoshi (an officer) of Samurai-dokoro (the Board of Retainers) after Onin War.
そのため応仁の乱の後、赤松政則が侍所の所司に任ぜられると、則宗が侍所室町幕府となり実務を司った。