In 1471, Takakage ASAKURA (the seventh family head of the Asakura clan), one of the powerful vassals, went over to the eastern army, and the bakufu (Japanese shogun-led feudal government) hunted him down.
文明(日本)3年（1471年）に有力家臣の一人である朝倉孝景(7代当主)が東軍に属し、幕府から追討を受ける。