Kyōgoku clan

[2] The Kyōgoku acted as shugo (governors) of Ōmi, Hida, Izumo and Oki Provinces in the period before the Ōnin War.

[3] At the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Kyōgoku had been enfeoffed at Marugame and Tadotsu in Sanuki, Toyooka in Tajima, and Mineyama Domain in Tango Province.

[2] The branches of the tozama Kyōgoku clan include the following: The fall of the Tokugawa shogunate created ripple of unanticipated consequences amongst the daimyo closely associated with the bafuku.

The clan's house and garden fell into the hands of Inoue Kaoru, the first foreign minister in the Meiji government.

A new residence hall and cultural center was built on the site, but the garden was preserved as the unanticipated yet enduring legacy of the Kyōgoku clan.

Kyōgoku Takatomo.
The Kyōgoku residence in Toyooka.