During the Sengoku period (the Warring States period), the clan was under the influence of Ouchi and Mori clans, and in the Edo period, it was purged soon after it became vassals of the Mori clan.
戦国時代には大内氏・毛利氏の影響下におかれ、江戸時代には毛利氏の家臣として組み込まれたがまもなく粛清された。