Internal conflict erupted within the Numata clan with the murder of Choken, the hustand of Numata clan's daughter, and at the urging of a group of vassals, Choken's father, Akiyasu NUMATA (Mankisai), and Akiyasu's son, Kageyoshi NUMATA, were exiled to Aizu.
沼田氏で内紛が起こり、娘婿の朝憲が殺害されると、沼田氏の家臣団の求めに応じ、朝憲の父の沼田顕泰（万鬼斎）とその子の沼田景義を会津に追放している。