Yoshitaka ROKKAKU and Takamasa HATAKEYAMA, who were both shugo daimyo (shugo, which were Japanese provincial military governors, that became daimyo, which were Japanese feudal lords) were against Nagayoshi MIYOSHI, who supported the 13th shogun Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA, and they joined hands and caused many anti-Miyoshi movements in Kinai, including Kyoto.
第13代将軍足利義輝を擁した三好長慶に反発した畿内の守護大名である六角義賢や畠山高政らは互いに手を組み、京を含めた畿内において反三好的な行動を度々おこす。