Ōkura

The Ōkura, also called the Hita, were local lords of part of Hita district in Bungo on Kyushu, based at Hita Castle, also known as Ōkura Castle.

In 1444 a succession struggle led to the murder of Ōkura Nagakane; his successor Nagayoshi was later killed in exile, ending the Ōkura Hita line. The family was restored through an adopted heir from the Ōtomo. When that Hita line also died out in the sixteenth century, eight local elders governed the district under Ōtomo authority.