During the Muromachi period, people who were engaged in ukai fishing at Shichigo, Katagata County moved to Nagara, Katagata County (Nagara Village of Inaba County, current Gifu City) and Iwata, Kagami County (Iwata Village of Inaba County, current Gifu City).
室町時代の頃、方県郡七郷の鵜飼漁を行なっていた者が、方県郡長良（後の稲葉郡長良村、現岐阜市）と各務郡岩田（後の稲葉郡岩田村、現岐阜市）に移住する。