Enshin's son, Norisuke AKAMATSU contributed to consolidating the Muromachi bakufu by such ways as assisting the second Shogun Yoshiakira ASHIKAGA and Kanrei (a shogunal deputy) Yoriyuki HOSOKAWA, and rescuing and protecting infant Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA at his home base castle when Kyoto was temporally occupied by the Southern Court side.
円心の子・赤松則祐は第2代将軍・足利義詮や管領の細川頼之を補佐し、京都が南朝(日本)方に一時占拠された際には、幼い足利義満を自身の居城に避難させて保護するなど、室町幕府の基礎固めにも貢献する。