| The first generation Shirojiro Kiyonobu assisted Ieyasu TOKUGAWA's party on its way fleeing back to its home province after the Honnoji Incident, and this enabled him to become one of the merchants with the Tokugawa family's warrant. |
初代の四郎次郎清延は本能寺の変後、本国へ逃亡する途中の徳川家康一行を支援し、それがきっかけとなり徳川家御用達商人の一人となった。 |