| However, Kiyokata died suddenly in 1446 (some said that he committed suicide), and as Norizane refused to return from his cloistered life, nobody succeeded to the position of Kanto Kanrei. |
ところが、文安3年（1446年）に清方は急死（自殺とも）し、憲実は隠遁生活からの復帰を承諾しなかったために関東管領は空位となった。 |