However Harumoto HOSOKAWA, fearing the presence of Hongwan-ji Temple--as if it had been a walled town--and strength of its followers, joined hands with the Nichiren sect, who held power over the entire Kyoto City, and attempted to attack the Ikko-shu sect.
しかし城郭都市のようになった本願寺の存在と門徒たちの勢いを恐れた細川晴元は、京都市内をほぼ勢力下に置いた日蓮宗徒らと結託して一向宗に打撃を加えようとした。