| Even though he was a young military commander from Iinoya, Totoumi Province, he was recorded in Ryueihikan as a fudai (hereditary daimyo) of Mikawa Okazaki along with the Sakakibara Clan and the Torii Clan (the oldest fudai was the Anjo fudai). |
遠江国井伊谷の出身で若手の武将でありながら、柳営秘鑑では榊原氏や鳥居氏と並び、三河岡崎御普代として記載されている（譜代の最古参は、安城譜代）。 |