However in 1532, Harumoto believed the false charge made by Masanaga MIYOSHi and killed Motonaga, broke away from the Sakai bakufu and reconciled with shogun Yoshiharu ASHIKAGA, and the kanrei (shogunate deputy) Harumoto HOSOKAWA conducted the administration with Yoshiharu as puppet.
しかし天文元年（1532年）に三好政長の讒言を受けて元長を誅殺し、堺幕府と決別し将軍・足利義晴と和睦、義晴を傀儡とした管領・細川晴元による幕政が行なわれた。