The Gohojo clan was destroyed by the attack on the Odawara-jo Castle by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI in 1590, and the Utsunomiya clan kept the territory of Shimotsuke Province yielding 180,000-koku (unit of volume of rice).
天正18年（1590年）豊臣秀吉の小田原城攻撃で小田原の役し、宇都宮氏は下野国18万石の所領を維持した。