although sekka did not enter government service , it is said that he was associated with many warlords . 雪荷は仕官しなかったものの、多くの武将との交際が伝えられる。
although ieyasu tokugawa invited hisasuke to enter government service for 8 ,000 koku , hisasuke declined the offer; and he died in yokkaichi , kyoto . 徳川家康が8,000石で仕官を勧めたが、久扶はこれを断わり京都四日市で死去したとされる。
his second son kichiemon kiyosada did not enter government service , and succeeded the family business on his mother ' s side , becoming a merchant and a scroll mounter in kyo . 次男・吉右衛門清定は仕官せず、母方の家業を継いで商人となり京にて表具屋となる。
after this , yoritsuna became a priest , and as his children were all small , his younger brother tomonari shionoya came to enter government service on behalf of the utsunomiya family . 頼綱出家の後、頼綱の子等はすべて幼少であったため、弟の塩谷朝業が宇都宮家を代表して幕府に出仕することとなる。