During the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States), graduates from Ashikaga School, who mastered practical studies such as the art of divination, are said to have often served busho (Japanese military commander).
戦国時代には、足利学校の出身者が易学等の実践的な学問を身に付け、武将に仕えるということがしばしばあったという。