Kyōgoku

The Kyōgoku were a samurai family descended from the Sasaki and named for the Kyōgoku quarter of Kyoto. Before the Ōnin War they held governorships including Ōmi, Hida, Izumo and Oki, but their fortunes declined after the war.

Kyōgoku Takatsugu restored the family's position and held Ōtsu Castle in Ōmi under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1600 and received Obama in Wakasa that year. Kyōgoku branches later ruled domains on Shikoku and Kyūshū under the Tokugawa shogunate.