However, on being picked by Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, the clan changed its name to Sakakibara to show its gratitude to the efforts of the Sakakibara clan, a fudai daimyo (a daimyo in hereditary vassal to the Tokugawa family) acting as an intermediary.
しかしながら、徳川家康に取り立てられる際に仲介の労をとった譜代大名榊原氏の恩に報いるために姓を榊原に改めた。