It has been recorded that as the hikan (a low-level bureaucrat) of the Tokuso Family of the Hojo clan, Togoku Samurai in fact moved to their Shugo's territory, such as Harima, Minamikawachi, and Izumi, it is thought that they may have settled down in these areas.
実際にその東国武家集団は北条得宗家の被官として、赤松氏と共に播磨や摂津・南河内・和泉など北条氏の守護国などに得宗領に移住した事項があるので、そのまま、土着したのではないかと言われている。