After Toshitsuna ASHIKAGA of the Fujiwara family was ruined by MINAMOTO no Yoritomo of the Minamoto clan, the Ashikaga clan of Minamoto family owned it and successively inherited the position of jitoshiki (manager and lord of manor).
源氏の源頼朝により藤姓足利俊綱が滅ぼされると、源姓足利氏が領して地頭職を歴任する。