Mototsuna KUTSUKI, who served both Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA and Yoshiteru ASHIKAGA, was from a venerable family: his maternal grandfather was Masatsuna ASUKAI, who was a kugyo (top court official).
朽木元綱も足利義輝・足利義昭に仕え、外祖父に公卿飛鳥井雅綱を持つなど名門の血を継いだ。