In 1518, Toshinaga SAITO, having been beaten in the neighbouring province of Mino in a conflict with the Shugo, the Toki clan, went into exile in Echizen Province taking Yoritake TOKI of the Shugo family with him.
永正15年、隣国美濃における、守護土岐氏と守護代斎藤氏の対立に敗北した斎藤利良は、守護家の土岐頼武を擁して越前へ亡命。