He claimed the enthronement of Yoshitsuna to shogun, when Harumoto was collapsed in the Battle of Eguchi and Nagayoshi MIYOSHI gained real power of the Kinai region by expelling Shogun Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA.
江口の戦いで晴元が没落し、三好長慶が将軍足利義輝をも追放して畿内の実権を握ると、義維の将軍擁立を主張した。