Although the clan had been senior vassals of the Kamakura bakufu as maternal relatives of the Hojo clan, they lost their power due to the Incident of the Iga clan, and then they worked as governmental officials responsible for practical works such as Hyojoshu (a member of Council of State) and Hikitsukeshu (Coadjutor of the High Court). |
以後、北条氏の外戚として鎌倉幕府の有力御家人であったが伊賀氏の変以後勢力を弱め、評定衆、引付衆など幕府の実務官僚として活躍した家系である。 |