When the (Japanese) Nanbokucho Period (period of North and South Courts) came as Takauji ASHIKAGA started the Muromachi bakufu, breaking away from Emperor Godaigo after the Kamakura bakufu was overthrown by the order of that emperor, the Ashikaga Shogunate family, having the feudal government in Kyoto and supporting the North Court, gradually began to adopt the court noble-like lifestyle and onmyoji once again began to have influence around the time of the third Seii taishogun Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA.
後醍醐天皇の勅令によって鎌倉幕府が倒され、足利尊氏が後醍醐天皇から離反して室町幕府を開き南北朝時代(日本)が到来すると、京に幕府を持ち北朝(日本)を支持する足利将軍家は次第に公家風の志向をもつようになり、3代征夷大将軍足利義満のころからは陰陽師が再び重用されるようになった。