However, setting apart the two personnel in the Fujiwara clan, TOMO no Kowamine was only a branch of the Tomo clan, just as TACHIBANA no Hayanari was of the Tachibana clan.
ただし、藤原氏の2名はともかく伴健岑や橘逸勢は伴氏・橘氏でも傍流に過ぎなかった。