At that time, however, they were called by the family name "Minamoto" or "O", and it was in a later era that they began to be called "Shirakawa-ke", "Hakke" or "Shirakawa oke."
当時の呼称は「源」または「王」であり、「白川家」や「伯家」「白川王家」と呼ばれるのはもっと時代が下ってからである。