In February the next year (old calendar), Kakukei returned to secular life, renamed himself Yoshiaki (one of the Chinese characters of the name was later changed to another of the same sound) ASHIKAGA and, traveling via Yajima, Omi Province (today's Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture), sought the protection of Yoshikage ASAKURA, Governor of Echizen Province.
翌年2月に覚慶は還俗して名前を足利義秋（後に足利義昭）と名乗って近江国矢島（現在の滋賀県守山市）を経て越前国守護・朝倉義景を頼った。