In 1573, Nobunaga destroyed the Asakura clan and then the Azai clan, and appointed Yoshitsugu MAEBA as Shugodai (deputy military governor) to reign Echizen, where the Asakura clan had had its residential castle.
1573年、信長は朝倉氏と浅井氏を相次いで滅ぼし、朝倉氏の居城のあった越前には前波吉継を守護代に任じて統治させた。