 In 1500, Ashikaga Yoshitada, the deposed "shōgun", sought protection from Yoshioki in Yamaguchi, a metropolis with a population of approximately 40,000 citizens.Although in exile, Yoshitada insisted that he remained the legitimate "shōgun", establishing a self-styled form of the "bakufu" in Yamaguchi.Yoshioki continued his opposition to Hosokawa Masamoto by supporting Yoshitada's plan to march upon the capital of Kyōto.