"Hokuriku Chotei" refers to the Imperial Court that is deemed to have existed during the period of Northern and Southern Courts in the present Hokuriku Region, which was backed up - and was claimed to have legitimacy - by warlords taking the side of the Southern Court.
北陸朝廷（ほくりくちょうてい）は、南北朝時代(日本)に南朝(日本)方武将の擁立や僭称により北陸に存在したと考えられる朝廷のことである。