Meanwhile, he lived a roaming life at Suma Akashi, containing the Yamana's army of Saigoku (western part of Japan [esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki]), and destroying Sozen and his followers by stratagem, then returned to Kyoto to become Shogun's guardian, being at the height of his prosperity.
その一方で、須磨明石に流寓して西国の山名勢を牽制し、宗全一味をはかりごとで滅ぼした後、京都に戻り、将軍後見役となり、栄華を極める。