Accoding to "Teijo-zakki" (Teijo's memorandums) written by Sadatake (Teijo) ISE who was Hatamoto (a direct retainer of the shogunate) in the Edo period as well as a descendant of the Ise clan which served as Mandokoro shitusji (chief of Mandokoro, the Adiministrative Board) of the Muromachi bakufu, Takauji ASHIKAGA, who established the Muromachi bakufu in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), was allowed to hold the title of Kubo.
南北朝時代(日本)、室町幕府を開いた足利尊氏は、朝廷より公方号を許されたことが、室町幕府政所執事伊勢氏の末裔にて江戸時代の旗本の伊勢貞丈の『貞丈雑記』に記されている。