After the fall of Ashikaga Shogun, Mototsuna KUTSUKI served for Nobunaga ODA and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, kept possessing his territory, and maintained the family name as a daimyo (Japanese feudal lord).
足利将軍の没落後、朽木元綱は織田信長、豊臣秀吉に仕え領土を保全し大名として家名を保った。