In those days, Wakasa was a territory under the control of the powerful shugo daimyo (a Japanese provincial military governor that had become a daimyo, or Japanese feudal lord) of the Takeda clan (the Wakasa-Takeda clan); this shugo daimyo served as vice-shogun of the eastern forces during the Onin War, so this prosperous province was home to many court nobles from the capital who were now under the protection of the clan.
当時の若狭は、東軍の副将をつとめた強大な守護大名武田氏若狭武田氏の守護国であり庇護に与かるため、都の公卿たちが多数下向し繁栄していた。