During this difficult time, the Yamana clan was split into two families, the Tajima Shugo-family and the Inaba Shugo-family, and declined to a miserable situation where both families fought over the family estate.
しかも、これを契機に山名家は但馬守護家と因幡守護家に分裂し、互いが宗家の家督をめぐって争う有様であった。