Managing to plot a course through the mayhem of the Onin no Ran (Onin Rebellion), and becoming head of the family after battling with his family to inherit the title, he could not protect his own child from the family battles, which bought about a decline in the Kyogoku family fortunes.
応仁の乱の混乱を乗り切り、同族との家督争いを経て当主になったが、自身の子の代の家督争いを防ぐことはできず京極氏の衰退を招いた。