| The Kimotsuki expanded their control over the Ôsumi peninsula from a base at Takayama castle (in what is today the town of Kimotsuki, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]), and actively engaged in maritime trade. [[Kimotsuki Kaneoki|Kimotsuki Kaneoki's]] daughter married [[Shimazu Takahisa]], and his son [[Kimotsuki Kanetsugu]] married O-Minami, a daughter of [[Shimazu Tadayoshi (Soshu)|Shimazu Tadayoshi]]. Despite these interconnections between the clans, however, the two became opposed to one another, as Kimotsuki expansion across Ôsumi and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]] began to threaten Shimazu territory in [[Satsuma province]]. Kanetsugu's son [[Kimotsuki Yoshikane]] married a daughter of the [[Ito clan (伊東)|Itô clan]], and also opposed the Shimazu, but died of illness in [[1571]]. His younger brother, [[Kimotsuki Kanesuke]], then became head of the clan and continued to fight the Shimazu, but was exiled to [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] by his mother, Shimazu O-Minami. | | The Kimotsuki expanded their control over the Ôsumi peninsula from a base at Takayama castle (in what is today the town of Kimotsuki, [[Kagoshima prefecture]]), and actively engaged in maritime trade. [[Kimotsuki Kaneoki|Kimotsuki Kaneoki's]] daughter married [[Shimazu Takahisa]], and his son [[Kimotsuki Kanetsugu]] married O-Minami, a daughter of [[Shimazu Tadayoshi (Soshu)|Shimazu Tadayoshi]]. Despite these interconnections between the clans, however, the two became opposed to one another, as Kimotsuki expansion across Ôsumi and [[Hyuga province|Hyûga provinces]] began to threaten Shimazu territory in [[Satsuma province]]. Kanetsugu's son [[Kimotsuki Yoshikane]] married a daughter of the [[Ito clan (伊東)|Itô clan]], and also opposed the Shimazu, but died of illness in [[1571]]. His younger brother, [[Kimotsuki Kanesuke]], then became head of the clan and continued to fight the Shimazu, but was exiled to [[Hyuga province|Hyûga province]] by his mother, Shimazu O-Minami. |
− | A branch family of the Kimotsuki submitted to the Shimazu in [[1574]], followed by the main branch, becoming Shimazu retainers. In the [[Edo period]], the Kimotsuki were granted Kiire as their [[subinfeudation|sub-fief]]. | + | A branch family of the Kimotsuki submitted to the Shimazu in [[1574]], followed by the main branch in [[1580]],<ref>Plaques on-site at [[Tokufuji castle|Tôfukuji castle]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15230400156/sizes/h/]</ref> becoming Shimazu retainers. In the [[Edo period]], the Kimotsuki were granted Kiire as their [[subinfeudation|sub-fief]]. |
| *"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/sengoku16.html Kimotsuki-shi]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website. | | *"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/word/sengoku16.html Kimotsuki-shi]," ''Satsuma Shimazu-ke no rekishi'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website. |