However, in the battles after the Onin War, they gave distinguished service and within the Kyogoku family cultivated their power and overcame the main family to become feudal daimyo, eventually achieving the status of Shugo.
しかし、応仁の乱以降の戦乱において戦功を重ね、京極家中において実力を養うと主家を追い戦国大名化し、やがて守護の格式を手中にした。