After the turmoil of the Onin War the Kyogoku clan was on the wane because of the in-house conflict for the family estate and the rise of Azai Clan, but Takatsugu KYOGOKU and the Takatomo KYOGOKU brothers survived in the Sengoku Period (Period of Warring States in Japan) and became the lord of Wakasa Province and the lord of Tango Province as tozama daimyo (outside lords).
応仁の乱の後は家督争いや浅井氏の台頭により衰退したが、京極高次、京極高知兄弟が戦国時代(日本)を生き延び、外様大名として若狭国主、丹後国主となった。