Yoshikuni was based in Ashikaga no sho, Shimotsuke Province (Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture), however, the next child of Yoshikuni, MINAMOTO no Yoshiyasu succeeded to Ashikaga no sho and called himself the Ashikaga clan.
義国は下野国足利荘（栃木県足利市）を本拠としていたが、足利荘は義国の次子である源義康が継いで足利氏を名乗った。