From the generation of Masasue ANDO, the Shimonokuni family, settled in Hiyama Country of Dewa Province (Dewa Province), an adjoining area of Tsugaru, was keen to return to the Tsugaru region, but the family could not realize this wish.
下国家は安東政季以降、津軽と隣接する出羽国檜山郡(出羽国)を本拠地とし、津軽帰還を試みたが果たせなかった。