At first, the clan served the Shiba clan, Shugo (military governor) of Echizen Province, as its Shugodai (provisional governor), but later the Asakura clan itself came to be appointed to Shugo.
越前国守護である斯波氏の守護代を務めたが、のちに朝倉氏自体が守護に任命されるようになった。