The 6th daimyō, Kyōgoku Takahisa, served as a wakadoshiyori in the Shogunal administration, and was a major supporting character in the novel Onihei Hankachō by Ikenami Shōtarō. The 11th daimyō, Kyōgoku Takatomi also served as a wakadoshiyori, and with his adopted son and final daimyō Kyōgoku Takanobu was an early supporter of the Meiji restoration during the Boshin War. The clan was ennobled with the kazoku peerage title of shishaku (viscount).
