Bakufu refused to simply wait with its arms folded but instead sent the younger brother of the eighth shogun, Yoshimasa ASHIKAGA, Masatomo ASHIKAGA, to Kanto (Horikoshi-kubo (堀越公方)).
幕府も手を拱いているだけではなく、8代将軍足利義政の弟・足利政知を関東に派遣する（堀越公方）。