As mentioned above, there were the two powers: the Ki clan and the Ogamo clan in Hoki Province in the end of the Heian period and both of them wanted to be more influential, which led to conflicts and battles.
前述したように平安末期の伯耆は紀氏と小鴨氏の二大勢力が存在しており、両氏の勢力拡大の折、度々衝突、合戦が行われていた。