The descendants of Yoshitsugu ASHIKAGA, a son of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA of the Shogunate family in the Muromachi period, went down into Echizen Province, became the Kuratani clan, and were referred to as Kuratani Gosho.
室町将軍家の足利義満の子足利義嗣の子孫は越前に下り鞍谷氏となり、鞍谷御所と称された。