Kii
The Kii, also called the Buzen Utsunomiya, were major landholders in Kii district of Buzen Province. Their lord Kii Shigefusa served the Ōuchi and then the Ōtomo, before turning to the Shimazu after the Ōtomo defeat at Mimikawa in 1578.
In 1587 Shigefusa resisted Toyotomi Hideyoshi's order to move to Iyo and retook Kii Valley Castle. He surrendered after fighting the Kuroda, but was murdered at a banquet in Nakatsu Castle in 1588; other members of his family were also killed.
Characters
- Utsunomiya Fuyutsuna
- Kii Kagefusa
- Kii Michifusa
- Utsunomiya no Nobufusa
- Kii Nobukage
- Utsunomiya Toyofusa
- Kii Yorifusa
- Nakahara no Munefusa