He was so immersed in Shugendo that he sometimes walked off from his political tasks and left Kyoto to visit the Province of Tanba; it has been said that he had to be brought back to Kyoto by his chief vassal Motoie YASUTOMI, retainer Motosuke SHO, and Yukinaga MIYOSHI.
修験道に凝って政務を放棄し、京都から離れて丹波国などまで赴くことがあったため、家宰の安富元家や家臣の庄元資、三好之長らによって連れ戻されることもあったといわれる。