In those days there were conflicts between his father Yoshiharu and the Kanrei (shogun's deputy) Harumoto HOSOKAWA, and every time Yoshiharu lost to Harumoto, he fled to Sakamoto, Omi Province, taking his son Yoshiteru with him.
この頃の幕府では父・義晴と管領・細川晴元が対立し、義晴はそのたびに敗れて近江国坂本に逃れ、それに義輝もたびたび従った。