From the time of Noritoki YAMASHINA in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, the family produced kuranokami, heads of kuraryo (a kind of finance ministry in the Ritsuryo system), for generations and managed the finances of the Imperial Court.
南北朝時代_(日本)の山科教言以後、代々内蔵頭を輩出して朝廷財政を運営した。