Yet in the next year, Takakuni linked up with Yoshioki OUCHI, the Shugo of Suo Province that supported the former Shogun Yoshitada ASHIKAGA (Yoshitane), and became kanrei after expelling the Shogun Yoshizumi ASHIKAGA and Sumimoto from Kyoto.
さらに翌年、前将軍足利義尹（義稙）を擁する周防国守護大内義興と結んだ高国が、将軍足利義澄と澄元を京都から追い落として管領となった。