Although Ujizane, who had very limited ability to control the minds of the people, thought he could cool down the situation by purging Naochika II and Tsuratatsu (連竜) IIO, their purge had the opposite effect and accelerated the estrangement of the people and the Imagawa clan began a drastic decline.
氏真は人心を掌握する才能に乏しく井伊直親や飯尾連竜などの粛清で事態の収拾を期したが、かえって人心の離反を加速させてしまい今川氏は見る見るうちに衰退し始めた。