However, because of the Shiba clan's appeals and the Shogunate's sympathy toward them, after a while it became difficult for the Asakura clan to maintain the position of Shugo, and the descendants of Yoshitsugu ASHIKAGA, who was the second son of the third Shogun Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA and toppled in a rebellion against his brother of Yoshimochi ASHIKAGA, noticed that they were holding out in under the name of Kuratani Gosho in Echizen Province, made the son of Yoshikado SHIBA to succeed to Kuratani Gosho, gave him the name Yoshitoshi ASHIKAGA, set him up as a puppet Shugo in Echizen and secured effective rule of all of Echizen.
しかし、旧主　斯波氏による訴えや幕府の斯波氏に対する同情から、しばらくの後、朝倉氏の守護職維持が難しくなり、三代将軍足利義満の次男で兄　足利義持に謀叛して倒れた足利義嗣の末裔が越前国に鞍谷御所と称し存続していたのを目につけ、斯波義廉の子に鞍谷御所を相続させて、足利義俊と名乗らせ、傀儡の越前守護に補任するよう手続きし、越前一国の実効支配を確保した。