With the name TAIRA, Prince Takamochi, great-grandchild of Emperor Kanmu, was demoted from nobility to subject and took a position in Kanto as the Assistant Governor of Kazusa Province because he could not foresee a future in the capital.
桓武天皇の曾孫・高望王は平氏を賜って臣籍に下り、都では将来への展望も無いため、上総国介となり関東に下った。