Traditionally, it has been told that it was Takakage who based the Asakura clan in Ichijodani, but this is only described in a widely circulated edition called "Asakura Shimatsuki" (Records on the rise and fall of the Asakura clan) and there is no other basis for this.
従来、一乗谷を朝倉氏の本拠としたのはこの孝景であると言われていたが、これは『朝倉始末記』という流布本にのみ記載されているもので、ほかに根拠はない。