As collateral evidence of this perception, it is said that the Asakura family and the Oda family, the acting military governor under the control of the Shiba family, had been in an enemy-like relationship since the Asakura family occupied Echizen by depriving the Shiba family, their master, of the territory.
この傍証として、朝倉家が主家である斯波家からその領土を奪うような形で越前を乗っ取った時点で、斯波家配下の守護代であった織田家と朝倉家は仇敵のような間柄であったはずという考え方がある。