The Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) did not wish Yamashiro Province, which had been put under the direct jurisdiction of the government, to be taken over by and to be put under the direct control of an influential feudal lord.
室町幕府では、幕府のお膝元である山城国が有力守護の支配下に入る事を望んでいなかった。