The Mizoe clan, which is also considered as a branch family split earlier from the Asakura family, served Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI as umamawari (a horse guard), and later recovered its former territory of a 10,000-koku crop yield.
早期に分家した一族と考えられている溝江氏が、豊臣秀吉に馬廻として仕え、のち1万石で旧領復帰。