page_title: History of Miyazaki Prefecture
section_title: The Itō clan and Obi Han
hierarchical_section_title: History of Miyazaki Prefecture / Edo Period / The Itō clan and Obi Han
caption_attribution_description: English: Aya Castle (Reconstruction) in Aya Town, Miyazaki Prefecture (Hyuga), Japan日本語: 日本国宮崎県綾町に所在する綾城（復元） 。
context_page_description: This is an outline of the history of Miyazaki Prefecture.
context_section_description: The Itō-family were a Japanese clan that claimed descent from the medieval warrior Itō Suketoki. The family became a moderate power both in influence and ability by the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. The Itō family survived through the Muromachi Period, and remained a powerful clan well into the Sengoku period. The Itō family's most serious rivals in this period were the Shimazu. The Shimazu clan, which had unified Satsuma Province and Ōsumi Province under their control, began to clash with the Itō in 1570. The Itō were finally defeated by the Shimazu in 1578.  The family followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Kyushu and Itoh Suketake won the land of Obi, now Nichinan which became the Obi Domain. 23,000 koku which became 40,500 koku and a peak of 57,816 koku.
caption: Aya Castle 1331–1615, mountain castle, once one of the 48 castles of Ito clan
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