Around that time, after the ancestor of the Shiba clan, Ieuji ASHIKAGA who is thought to have been his uncle and the acting head of the family retired, it is considered that Ietoki officially became the head of the family.
この頃には叔父であり家督代行であったと考えられる斯波氏の祖足利家氏が引退して、家時が正式に家督となったと思われる。