Therefore, to be recognized as a family with Michi, it was not sufficient that each member had the skill and quality but it was also necessary for it to have been continued from generation to generation in a blood relationship or by marriage.
従って、個人が単に技能・資質が備わっているだけでは不十分で、実際の血縁関係、もしくは擬似血縁関係で結ばれた重代・譜第（譜代）であることが、道を有する家と認められるためには重要な要件とされていた。