During the years of Emperor Tenbun, Shigemasa was requested by Yoshikata ROKKAKU to teach his family secret techniques, but he refused and put him under the protection of the Asakura clan of Echizen.
天文(元号)年間頃、重政は主君の六角義賢から家伝の伝受を求められるが、これを拒み、一時越前の朝倉氏の下に身を寄せた。