Hienuki

The Hienuki were local lords of Hienuki district along the Kitakami River in Mutsu Province. During the Waga family conflict of 1435, they supported a Waga branch against the main line; the Nanbu intervened, and the Hienuki made peace under Nanbu authority in 1436.

In 1555 Hienuki Terutoki visited Kyoto and presented gold to the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru. Toyotomi Hideyoshi confiscated the family's lands in 1590 after Hienuki Hirotada failed to attend the Odawara campaign; Hirotada joined a subsequent uprising but was defeated.