Kimotsuki
The Kimotsuki were a warrior family of Ōsumi Province who took their name from Kimotsuki district. They supported the Southern Court in the fourteenth century and later became rivals of the Shimazu.
Kimotsuki Kanetsugu allied with the Itō and defeated the Shimazu at Takeharayama in 1561, then took Shibushi Castle in 1562. The family submitted to the Shimazu in 1574 and lost its lands in 1581; its descendants continued as retainers of Satsuma domain.
Characters
- Kimotsuki Kanefuji
- Kimotsuki Kanehisa
- Kimotsuki Kaneishi
- Kimotsuki Kanekazu
- Kimotsuki Kanemasu
- Kimotsuki Kaneshige
- Kimotsuki Kanetoshi
- Kimotsuki Kanetsune