Masuda clan

[1] Fujiwara Kunikane started his new post as Iwami provincial governor in the 11th century, the end of the Heian period.

Meanwhile, Kanetaka Masuda saved power steadily and ruled about a one-third of Iwami in the early days of the Kamakura period.

The 11th Lord Masuda, Kaneharu (兼晴), was allied with the powerful Ōuchi clan in Yamaguchi.

The 15th Lord Masuda, Kanetsu (兼堯), was involved in many battles, including the Ōnin War (1467).

Although he was allowed to keep his territory by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Shogun of Edo period, he chose to follow the Mori clan and left Masuda, as the Mori clan was bottled up into a small area, Susa in Nagato.