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The origins of the Utsunomiya of [[Shimotsuke province|Shimotsuke]] are somewhat vague but the first to adopt that name was [[Utsunomiya Munetsuna]]. The Utsunomiya supported the [[Southern Court]] in the early [[Muromachi Period]] but eventually submitted to the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]]. In the 1380's they became involved in a dispute with the [[Oyama family|Ôyama family]] that escalated into the [[Oyama no Ran|Ôyama no Ran]]. They were weakened in the [[Sengoku Period]] by outside perils and came to rely first on the [[Yuki clan|Yûki]] and later the [[Satake clan|Satake]]. They lost their lands to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi]] in [[1597]] and with the death of [[Utsunomiya Kunitsuna|Kunitsuna]] in [[1607]] drifted into obscurity.

The origins of the Utsunomiya of [[Shimotsuke province|Shimotsuke]] are somewhat vague but the first to adopt that name was [[Utsunomiya Munetsuna]]. The Utsunomiya supported the [[Southern Court]] in the early [[Muromachi Period]] but eventually submitted to the [[Ashikaga clan|Ashikaga]]. In the 1380's they became involved in a dispute with the [[Oyama family|Ôyama family]] that escalated into the [[Oyama no Ran|Ôyama no Ran]]. They were weakened in the [[Sengoku Period]] by outside perils and came to rely first on the [[Yuki clan|Yûki]] and later the [[Satake clan|Satake]]. They lost their lands to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hideyoshi]] in [[1597]] and with the death of [[Utsunomiya Kunitsuna|Kunitsuna]] in [[1607]] drifted into obscurity.