He later tried to regain power by having Sumimoto HOSOKAWA and the faterh-and-son team Yukinaga and Nagahide MIYOSHI to invade Kyoto, but they were defeated each time by Takakuni HOSOKAWA and Yoshioki OUCHI.
その後、再び勢力を盛り返そうとして細川澄元、三好之長・三好長秀親子を京都に侵攻させるなどしたが、そのたびに細川高国・大内義興らに敗れた。