Echigo Province did not have any notable disturbances after the downfall of Sanekage NAGAO, and court nobles and Buddhist monks who were known as leading intellectuals such as Masayasu ASUKAI, Shukyu BANRI, and Doko of Shogo-in Temple began to go down to Echigo, escaping from Kyoto which had been devastated by the Onin War.
とはいえ、越後国内では長尾実景の滅亡後には大きな戦乱が起きる事もなく、応仁の乱で荒廃した京都から逃れた飛鳥井雅康や万里集九、聖護院道興などの一流の教養人として知られた公家・僧侶が越後に下向するようになった。