However, Arinobu, the first family head, left the capital and went down to shoen (manor in medieval Japan) in Oi-cho in the Wakasa Province to avoid the turmoil of the Onin War.
だが、その初代である有宣は応仁の乱以来の混乱を避け、若狭国（おおい町）の荘園に下向した。