He subsequently held control of the economic power in Sakai City, entrusting his armies with his competent younger brothers to fight wars in Kawachi Province, Yamato Province and Tanba Province one after another; though he built a large administration, this resulted only in his only influence stopping at the local level.
これ以降は堺市の経済力を握り、有能な弟たちに軍を預けて、河内国や大和国、丹波国に転戦して、畿内に一大政権を築き上げたと言ってもそれは幕府隷下の地方権力に留まる結果を齎したのである。