Although he left the capital as Kanto Kubo (the Governor-general of the Kanto region) officially recognized by Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), he could not enter Kamakura and ended up in staying in Horigoe, Izu Province due to the decline of the bakufu's authority and the internal conflict in the Uesugi clan.
室町幕府公認の関東公方として下向するが、幕府権力の衰退と上杉氏の内紛などで鎌倉に入れず、伊豆国の堀越に留まった。