Furthermore, branch families such as the Katsura clan, Mitsunaga clan, Shiji clan and so on were derived from the Saka clan, and became subordinate families supporting the MORI clan as Sengoku daimyo (Japanese territorial lord in the Sengoku period).
また坂氏からさらに桂氏・光永氏・志道氏などの庶流家が生まれ、戦国大名としての毛利氏を支える一族家臣となっていくのである。