However, Yoshimasa did not even bother to deal with the war and he spent all of his time holding drinking and renga poetry parties, and furthermore, he moved to Ogawa mansion from Hana no Gosho (Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City) and he started to live separately from Tomiko, with whom he was no longer getting along because of the issue of Shogun's heir.
しかし義政は戦乱に対処することも無く酒宴や連歌の会を行なうのに終始し、さらに花の御所（京都市上京区）から小川邸へ移り、将軍後継者問題で不和になった富子とも別居を始めた。