Most of the clans, who later accomplished territorial lords during the period of Warring States and warlords, went down to the provinces during this period (for example, the Mori clan and the Yoshikawa clan).
後に戦国大名や武将として活躍した一族はほとんどがこの時代に地方へと下向している（例毛利氏、吉川氏など）。