Although he attacked Tanabe-jo Castle in Tango Province, which was defended by Yusai HOSOKAWA (Fujitaka YUSAI), as he had no intention to positively attack Fujitaka, who was the teacher for waka poetry, he maintained a spectator-like attitude from start to finish (the Battle of Tanabe-jo Castle).
細川幽斎（幽斎）が守る丹後国田辺城(丹後国)を攻撃したが、歌道の師匠であった藤孝を積極的に攻める意思は無く、傍観的対応に終始した（田辺城の戦い）。