However, because Mototsuna's youngest son Tanetsuna procured confidence of Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the eastern barbarians") Iemitsu TOKUGAWA and became daimyo under his patronage, a phenomenon that the territory of the branch line of the Kutsuki family was larger than that of the main line took place.
だが、末子の稙綱が、征夷大将軍徳川家光の信頼を受けて大名として取り立てられたために、嫡流よりも庶流のほうが所領が上回るという現象が起きている。