Kamakura-kubo, the Kamakura-based official who oversaw the Ashikaga shogunate's affairs in the Kanto region. The Satake clan saw a great deal of military service under the Ashikaga banner.

In the Sengoku period, the Satake worked toward unifying the often rebellious clans of the Hitachi region under their control. Satake Yoshishige, family head during the early Sengoku period, was renowned for his ferocity in