After receiving Settsu Koshimizujo Castle, Nagayoshi steadily expanded in Kinai and sought to regain the former territory of his father Motonaga, which had been confiscated by Nagamasa.
摂津越水城を与えられると畿内に勢力を着実に広げ、長政に押領された父・元長の旧領奪回を狙っていた。