While Yoshinori tried to reconstruct the Muromachi bakufu shogunate, he was very suspicious and a lot of kuge (court nobles) and Buke (samurais) were punished or killed for minor reasons.
義教は幕府権力再建に尽力したが、一方で猜疑心も強く、些細な理由で処罰されたり殺害されたりする武家や公家が相次いだ。