Furthermore, cases where members of a given family usurped the position of head of the family and made themselves daimyo (territorial lords) are too numerous to count; examples include Tadayoshi SHIMAZU, Harumasa NANBU, and Yoshitaka SATOMI.
また、一族衆が宗家の地位を奪って戦国大名化する例は枚挙にいとまがないほどであり、例えば、島津忠良・南部晴政・里見義堯らの事例がある。