In 1620, three families became designated as court nobles using a part of the ten thousand-goku dowry that the daughter of the second shogun Hidetada TOKUGAWA Masako TOKUGAWA brought with her when she became the nyogo (a high-ranking lady in the court - a consort of an emperor) of Emperor Gomizunoo.
元和(日本)6年（1620年）2代将軍徳川秀忠の娘の徳川和子が、後水尾天皇の女御に迎えられたときの化粧料1万石の一部をあてて3家の公家が誕生。