The Echigo Province was governed by the Uesugi (Nagao) clan, the Kaga Province by ikko ikki (the uprising of Ikko sect followers), the Noto Province by the Hatakeyama clan, the Echizen Province by the Asakura clan, and the Ecchu Province by the Jinbo clan, Shiina clan and so on.
越後国を上杉（長尾）氏、加賀国を一向一揆、能登国を畠山氏、越前国を朝倉氏、越中国を神保氏、椎名氏らが支配していた。