In the generation of Takaakira, the Kyogoku clan became one of the Shishiki, and thereafter the family head governed Gohoku, north of lake, Izumo, Oki, and Hida, and took the position of Samurai-dokoro no tsukasa.
高詮の代に、京極氏は四職の一つとなり、以後の当主は江北、出雲、隠岐、飛騨を領し、侍所司を務める事となる。