this is why it seems necessary to rethink the widely held view that the incident was an internal feud of the satsuma domain . よって巷間言われている薩摩藩の内輪もめという説は再考が必要なようである。
the ashikaga shogunate was split into two competing factions , one led by the shogun takauji and his steward moronao ko , and the other by takauji ' s brother tadayoshi; the relationship between the two factions gradually worsened , eventually escalating into an internal feud known as the kano incident in the kano period , in 1350 . 足利幕府の政務は将軍尊氏と足利家執事の高師直、将軍弟の直義の二頭体制で行われていたが、両者の関係の悪化により1350年からの観応年間には観応の擾乱と呼ばれる内部抗争に発展する。