| However, sensing the current, Hikan (low-level bureaucrat) of Tojo clan switched to Takauji clan with nine-year old Takayoshi as their lord when Mitsuyoshi died in 1356, and they became independent as Tojokira clan. |
しかし、天下の趨勢を敏感に感じ取った東条の被官層は、延文元年/正平11年（1356年）に満義が没すると、9歳の尊義を奉じて尊氏派に転じ、新たに東条吉良氏として独立する。 |