▁as ▁a ▁host age ▁to ▁Os aka . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 8 6 , ▁the ▁H ō j ō ▁cl an ▁try ▁to ▁take ▁Num ata ▁Castle ▁once ▁more , ▁but ▁again ▁are ▁rep elled . ▁Tok ug awa ▁forces ▁also ▁gather ▁and ▁march ▁towards ▁U eda ▁Castle ▁again , ▁but ▁Toy ot omi ▁H ide y oshi ▁inter poses . ▁At ▁this ▁point , ▁H ide y oshi ' s ▁political ▁presence ▁in ▁Japan ▁is ▁too ▁strong ▁for ▁the ▁Tok ug awa ▁cl an ▁to ▁opp ose , ▁and ▁at ▁his ▁med iation , ▁the ▁attack ▁is ▁called ▁off . ▁However , ▁he ▁also ▁design ates ▁Mas ay uki ▁as ▁a ▁back - up ▁power ▁to ▁the ▁bigger ▁Tok ug awa ▁forces ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁This ▁effectively ▁means ▁that ▁Mas ay uki ▁now ▁respond s ▁to ▁Tok ug awa ▁I ey as u ▁in ▁all ▁military ▁matters . ▁▁ ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁ 1 5 8 7 , ▁sees ▁Mas ay uki ▁trav elling ▁to ▁Sun pu ▁to ▁meet ▁with ▁Tok ug awa ▁I ey as u . ▁Then , ▁he ▁goes ▁to ▁Os aka ▁to ▁be ▁received ▁in ▁audience ▁by ▁Toy ot omi ▁H ide y oshi , ▁and ▁thus ▁formally ▁become ▁a ▁v ass al ▁of ▁the ▁Toy ot omi ▁regime . ▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Two ▁more ▁years ▁would ▁pass ▁until ▁the ▁dispute ▁between ▁the ▁San ada ▁and ▁H ō j ō ▁cl ans ▁involving ▁Num ata ▁Castle ▁and ▁adjacent ▁areas ▁would ▁be ▁medi ated ▁by ▁H ide