Initially, Yusai HOSOKAWA (Yusai) from the Shugo family of upper Izumi Province supported the 15th shogun of the Muromachi bakufu, Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, but later he served Nobunaga ODA, changing the surname to Nagaoka, and the family possessed 120,000 koku of Tango Province.
和泉上守護家の出身の細川幽斎（幽斎）は、はじめ室町幕府15代将軍足利義昭を支えたが、のち織田信長に属して姓を長岡と改め、丹後国12万石を領した。